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A<br />

A PPENDIX E<br />

Setting Up SmartFilter<br />

Services<br />

About this chapter This chapter describes the SmartFilter Control List. It explains how<br />

to subscribe to the SmartFilter Control List and how to configure<br />

SmartFilter on your <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>. It covers the following topics:<br />

Controlling Web<br />

access using the<br />

SmartFilter<br />

Control List<br />

“Controlling Web access using the SmartFilter Control List” on page<br />

E-1<br />

“Evaluating the SmartFilter Control List” on page E-2<br />

“Subscribing to the SmartFilter Control List” on page E-3<br />

“Configuring SmartFilter on the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>” on page E-3<br />

“Editing the SmartFilter files” on page E-8<br />

When you configure the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> to allow Web access using the<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>’s Web proxy server, you can control the Internet sites<br />

that your company’s users access. This feature is based on Secure<br />

Computing’s SmartFilter Control List.<br />

The SmartFilter Control List contains tens <strong>of</strong> millions <strong>of</strong> URLs that are<br />

deemed non-business related or non-productive. Secure Computing<br />

has organized the Control List database into 30 pre-defined categories<br />

plus 10 customizable categories. (See Table E-2 on page E-11.) The<br />

SmartFilter Control List is updated each business day.<br />

SmartFilter can manage Internet access at several levels ranging from<br />

simple access restrictions to thorough blocking <strong>of</strong> all sites deemed<br />

unproductive or non-business related.<br />

Note 1: For a description <strong>of</strong> each category, go to www.smartfilter.com.<br />

Note 2: You can control Web access using SmartFilter’s Control List only when users<br />

access the Web through the Web proxy server. See “Configuring the Web proxy server” on<br />

page 12-12 for details. Also, the Control List can restrict access to HTTP URLs, but you<br />

cannot restrict access via a Web browser to FTP or Gopher sites.<br />

E<br />

Setting Up SmartFilter Services E-1

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