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The New/Edit Website Filtering Rule box (click New on the Filtering Rules Management toolbar) allows you to use either a Wizard or the "Advanced Setup" panels described here to define a filtering rule. The Advanced Setup panels allow you to define Who, When and What will be affected by the rule. You cannot save a rule until you have selected a Time Profile, the users it applies to, and the categories to be allowed or blocked. Each rule you save can be enabled as part of your filtering policy.
To save a rule:
Use the Toolbar at the top of the New/Edit Website Filtering Rule box to save your rule. You will be prompted for missing information if the rule is not complete.
To define a filtering rule:
Under the General
tab:
Enter:
Rule Name - A name for the rule, up to
50 characters.
Description - A description of the rule. The description may
be up to 255 characters.
Choose whether to start with this
rule:
Enabled - As soon as you save it, the rule goes into effect.
Disabled - The rule will be added to the Filtering Rules list,
but not activated until you click the Enable button on the Filtering Rules
toolbar.
Choose whether this rule will:
Allow - Specify web sites that users
may view, or
Block - Specify web sites that users
may NOT view
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For example, you might create one rule to ALLOW access to your company and all work-related domains. Other rules would BLOCK undesirable domains. |
Click the Who
tab. Here, you specify to whom the rule applies.
From the
Selection Type list, select:
All Users and User Groups - Applies the rule to
all users.
Specific Users and User Groups - Allows you to select users
to whom the rule applies.
If you are selecting specific users or groups, click on names under Available Users and User Groups. Use the CTRL and SHIFT keys as needed to multiple-select.
Click the >
button to send the selected users to the right column.
Click >> to send ALL Available Users to the Selected Users and
User Groups list.
Click < or << to send one or more Selected Users and User Groups back to the "Available" column.
When the Selected Users and User Groups contains all users you want to include in the rule, continue on to When.
Click the When
tab. This is where you set the time the rule will be in effect.
From the
Time Profile list, select:
All Times - The rule is always in effect, or
Select another Time Profile that has been defined in Time Profiles Management.
You cannot edit the Time Profile from this panel; the filtering schedule
is shown for your information only. Go to the Time Profiles folder to create or change
a Time Profile.
Click the What
tab. Here, you specify Categories or Category Groups to allow or block.
Use the Selection Type drop-down
list to select:
All Web Sites - To block (or allow) all access.
Specific Categories and Category Groups - To select categories
to block or allow.
If you're not blocking all web
sites, select a Category or Category Group in the Available column. If
you wish, use the CTRL and SHIFT keys to multiple-select.
Category groups (all custom) are set up in Category
Groups Management.
Custom categories you define in Categories
Management.
System categories are automatically provided with the Spector 360
Database.
Click the > button to send the selected users to the Selected Categories and Category Groups column. Click >> to send ALL Available Categories to the Selected list.
Click < or << to send Selected Categories back to the available column.
List all categories you want to include in the rule in the "Selected" column.
When you have selected Who, When, and What (or made a change anywhere to an existing rule), click Save and Close to save the rule and add it to the Filtering Rules list.
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rule change takes 5-10 Minutes to take effect. |
