Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

Web filtering
URL filtering 6
Add a URL category to a blocking list
You can add a URL category to a blocking list to block access to all URLs falling into that category.
1 Go to Policy | Rule Sets.
2 On the rule sets tree, select the rule set that contains rules for URL filtering. The rules appear on the
settings pane.
3 Find the rule that uses a category blocking list, for example, Block URLs whose category is in
Category BlockList, and click on the list name.
Note: A yellow triangle by the list name indicates that this list is empty and you need to fill the entries.
The Edit List (Category) window opens.
4 Expand the group folder with the category you want block, for example, Purchasing, and select the
category, for example, Online Shopping.
Note: To add multiple categories at once, select multiple categories or one or multiple group folders.
5 Click OK. The window closes and the category appears on the blocking list.
6 Click Save Changes.
For more information on how to maintain lists, see List maintenance.
Extended Lists for blocking URLs per category
You can maintain Extended Lists of URLs that you have assigned to categories yourself. These lists can
be included when the URL filter module retrieves category information. This section tells you how to
add and edit an Extended list.
Add an Extended List
This section tells you how to add an Extended List of URLs with categorizations of your own.
Complete the following procedure to do add this list:
1 Go to Policy | Settings.
2 On the Engines branch of the settings tree, go to URL Filter and select the settings you want to
configure, for example, Default.
3 Under Extended List, click Add. The Add List window opens.
4 [Optional] In the Comment field, type a plain-text comment on the list and on the Permissions tab,
configure who is allowed access to it.
5 Click OK & Edit. The Edit List (Extended List Element) window opens.
6 To add a list entry:
a Click Add. The Add Extended List Element window opens.
b Configure the following:
• Protocol — Network protocol that must be used if categorization and, eventually, blocking is
to be applied for a URL
For example, if FTP is specified here, categories are not looked up and blocking is never applied
when requests are sent under HTTP or HTTPs.
• URL — URL that is categorized
c Under Categories, click the Edit symbol. An Edit window opens with a list of group folders
containing URL categories.
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