Chapter 3 Profiles & Filters; Custom Filters - EdgeWave iPrism Web Security Administration Manual

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This section describes how iPrism's profiles and filters work, and provides detailed procedures for
creating and implementing your own filtering profiles. Instructions for controlling access to specific
websites and other Internet services is also provided.
To access iPrism Profiles & Filters, click Profiles & Filters from the home page. A context menu lists
the Filtering features.

Custom Filters

Custom Filters provide a way of overriding or changing a specific site's rating on a long-term basis,
and/or adding filters based on file extensions. A custom filter consists of one or more file extension
types, and/or a site location (URL) and new rating, and will remain on the iPrism until deleted. Upon
deletion, the URL will revert back to its original iGuard database rating. Custom filters allow you to
restrict or allow access to any file type or website, not just those included in iPrism's URL database.
When you make a custom URL assignment, iPrism treats the URL as a member of that category
and either allows or denies access to the site based on the active filtering profile.
In the Custom Filters section, you can import, add, edit, and delete custom filters. You can obtain the
data for making a custom filter from several sources, including recent overrides or blocks, and
personal requests made from users on the network. You can also create custom filters manually,
entering the URL and ratings yourself.
From the iPrism home page, select Profiles & Filters, then Custom Filters.
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