Configuring Web Site Blocking; Customizing The Response - 3Com SuperStack 3C16115 User Manual

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Configuring Web
Site Blocking
Customizing the
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To configure Web Site Blocking using the Web interface:
1 Log in to the Web interface.
2 Click Device View on the Toolbar.
3 Select System -> Caching -> Web Site Blocking in the Navigation Tree.
4 Check Enable Web Site Blocking.
5 Select Deny Access to All Sites to deny access to all Web sites except the
ones that you enter in the list, or select Enable Access to All Sites to allow
access to all Web sites except those listed.
6 In the Except the Following field, enter the domain name of the Web site
you want to exclude from the option you chose in step 5 and click Add.
Repeat this for each Web site that you want to block.
Example
You can enter
yahoo.com
auctions.yahoo.com
Domain Name Rules
You cannot enter a domain starting with
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You cannot enter a domain containing the
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You cannot enter a domain containing a space character.
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You cannot enter a domain starting or ending with a
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The domain must start and end with a letter or number.
The domain name can only contain the following characters:
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Uppercase A-Z and lowercase a-z
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Any digit 0-9
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Hyphen characters (
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The domain name must be at least 1 character long.
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The domain name must not exceed 63 characters long.
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You can modify the response screen that is automatically generated by
the Webcache when a client machine tries to access a Web site that is
blocked. This allows you to enter additional information to make the
response screen more user friendly. For example, you could add "Access
A
CCESS
to block access to that entire domain, or enter
to block access to that subdomain.
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http:
(forward slash) character.
/
(dot) character.
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