Filtering Profile Components - M86 Security M86 Web Filter User Manual

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Filtering Profile Components

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ILTERING LEMENTS
Filtering profiles are comprised of the following compo-
nents:
• library categories - used when creating a rule, minimum
filtering level, or filtering profile for the global group or any
entity
• service ports - used when setting up filter segments on
the network, creating the global group (default) filtering
profile, or establishing the minimum filtering level
• rules - specify which library categories should be
blocked, left open, assigned a warn setting, or white
listed
• filter options - specify which features will be enabled: X
Strikes Blocking, Google/Bing/Yahoo!/Ask/AOL Safe
Search Enforcement, Search Engine Keyword Filter
Control, URL Keyword Filter Control
• minimum filtering level - takes precedence over
filtering profiles of entities who are using a filtering profile
other than the global (default) filtering profile
• filter settings - used by service ports, filtering profiles,
rules, and the minimum filtering level to indicate whether
users should be granted or denied access to specified
Internet content
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