Add A Wildcard Url To The Library Category - M86 Security M86 Web Filter User Manual

TIP: Multiple URLs can be selected by clicking each URL while
pressing the Ctrl key on your keyboard. Blocks of URLs can be
selected by clicking the first URL, and then pressing the Shift key
on your keyboard while clicking the last URL.
4. Click Apply Action.

Add a Wildcard URL to the Library Category

NOTE: Wildcards are to be used for blocking only. They are not
designed to be used for the always allowed white listing function.
To add a URL containing a wildcard to the library category:
1. In the Edit WildCard URL List frame, enter the asterisk (*)
TIP: The minimum number of levels that can be entered is three
(e.g. *.yahoo.com) and the maximum number of levels is six (e.g.
*.mail.attachments.message.yahoo.com).
2. Click Add to display the associated wildcard URL(s) in
3. Select the wildcard URL(s) that you wish to add to the
4. Click Apply Action.
NOTE: Wildcard URL query results include all URLs containing
text following the period (.) after the wildcard (*) symbol. For
example, an entry of *.beer.com would find a URL such as http://
virtualbartender.beer.com. However, if a specific URL was added
to a library category that is not set up to be blocked, and a sepa-
rate wildcard entry containing a portion of that URL is added to a
category that is set up to be blocked, the end user will be able to
access the non-blocked URL but not any URLs containing text
following the wildcard. For example, if http://www.cnn.com is
added to a category that is not set up to be blocked, and
*.cnn.com is added to a category set up to be blocked, the end
user will be able to access http://www.cnn.com since it is a direct
match, but will not be able to access http://www.sports.cnn.com,
since direct URL entries take precedence over wildcard entries.
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