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6.5.4. Dynamic Content Filtering

6.5.4. Dynamic Content Filtering
6.5.4.1. Overview
NetDefendOS supports Dynamic Content Filtering of web traffic, which enables an administrator to
permit or block access to web pages based on the content of those web pages. This functionality is
automated and it is not necessary to manually specify which URLs to block or allow. Instead, D-
Link maintains a global infrastructure of databases containing massive numbers of current web site
URL addresses, grouped into a variety of categories such as shopping, news, sport and adult-ori-
ented on so on. These databases are updated every hour with new, categorized URLs while at the
same time older, invalid URLs are dropped. The database content is global, covering websites in
many different languages and which are hosted in countries around the world.
URL Processing Flow
When a user requests access to a web site, NetDefendOS sends a query to these databases to retrieve
the category of the requested site. The user is then granted or denied access to the site based on the
filtering policy in place for that category. If access is denied, a web page will be presented to the
user explaining that the requested site has been blocked. To make the lookup process as fast as pos-
sible NetDefendOS maintains a local cache of recently accessed URLs. Caching can be highly effi-
cient since a given user community, such as a group of university students, often surfs to a limited
range of websites.
Figure 6.2. Dynamic Content Filtering Flow
If the requested web page URL is not present in the databases, then the webpage content at the URL
Dynamic Web Content Filtering Availability on D-Link Models
Dynamic Content Filtering is available on the D-Link DFL-260 and DFL-860 only.
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