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Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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Module for URL filtering<br />

<strong>Web</strong> filtering<br />

URL filtering 6<br />

You can configure the module for URL filtering to let it retrieve information on URLs in different ways.<br />

This section explains how this is done and describes the module settings.<br />

The name of the module for URL filtering is URL Filter. It is also known as URL Filter engine. When this<br />

module is called by a URL filtering rule to retrieve information on particular URLs, it connects to the<br />

Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) system. This system provides information on categories and<br />

reputation scores for URLs, based on the content of the corresponding web pages.<br />

Various technologies, such as link crawlers, security forensics, honeypot networks, sophisticated<br />

auto-rating tools, and customer logs are used to gather this information. An international, multi-lingual<br />

team of <strong>McAfee</strong> web analysts evaluates the information and enters URLs under particular categories<br />

into a database.<br />

To gather information on the reputation of a URL, its behavior on a worldwide real-time basis is<br />

analyzed, for example, where a URL shows up in the web, its domain behavior, and other details.<br />

Configure the URL Filter module<br />

To configure settings for the URL Filter module:<br />

1 Go to Policy | Rule Sets.<br />

2 On the rule sets tree, select the rule set that contains rules for URL filtering. The rules appear on the<br />

settings pane.<br />

3 Find the rule that uses a category blocking list, for example, Block URLs whose category is in<br />

Category BlockList. The settings of the URL filter module appear within the rule criteria next to the<br />

URL.Categories property. Their name is, for example, Default.<br />

4 Click on the settings name. The Edit Settings window opens.<br />

5 Configure these settings as needed.<br />

6 Click Save Changes.<br />

For more information on these settings, see Settings for the URL Filter module.<br />

Settings for the URL Filter module<br />

This section describes the settings for the URL Filter module, which is the module that retrieves<br />

information from the Global Threat Intelligence system.<br />

Default<br />

Default settings for the URL Filter module<br />

Extended List<br />

Settings for Extended Lists<br />

Use the extended list — List for selecting an Extended List<br />

Add — Opens the Add List window for adding an Extended List<br />

Edit — Opens the Edit List (Extended List) window for editing the selected Extended List<br />

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