Blocking Internet Sites

The Internet panel of the Policy Edition window, is responsible for configuring the Internet sites that will be blocked or that will be allowed in the computer which this policy will be applied.



Fields and Commands

Domain Filter Panel


Filter Type

In this field there are two options: Black List and White List.

The Black List option indicates that all domains added to the list will be blocked. For example, if the “sex.com” domain is added to the list, this domain cannot be accessed by the user of the computer where this policy will be applied. All unlisted domains will be allowed.

The White List option indicates that only domains included in the list will be accessed by the user of the computer. All unlisted domains will be denied.

Important: In the same policy is not possible to create a Black List and a White List at the same time. The domains inserted in the list will be part of a Black List or will be part of a White List.


Domain List

If you want to block a determined domain, select the Black List option in the Filter Type field. The fields of the Domain List group, that refers to the Black List will be enabled and you can inform the domain that you want to block it. Enter the desired domain and press the Add button. The domain will be added to the Black List.

In the same manner, if you want to allow only the navigation of determined domains, select the White List option in the Filter Type field. The fields of the Domain List group that refers to the White List will be enabled and you can inform the domain that will be allowed. Enter the desired domain and press the Add button. The domain will be added to the White List.


Add

This button inserts the domain typed in the Domain List group into the Black List or into the White List, depending on the option selected in the Filter Type field.

If an empty domain is informed and the Add button is pressed, the following alert message will be displayed:

The domain must be typed before the Add button is pressed again.

If an invalid domain is informed, the following message will be displayed:

The valid domain must then be typed before the Add button is pressed again. It must have one or more points between words, letters or numbers.


Remove

This button removes the selected domains from the Black List or from the White List.

If there is no domain selected in the list, the Remove button will be disabled.

Content Filter Panel




Black List Content

In this field, inform one or more words to add to content filter. If there is any occurrence of these words in the Internet page content, the page will be blocked. For example, to block the sites that contains the word “violence”, you must enter the word “violence” in this field and then press the Add button.

If the user of the computer, where this policy will be applied, tries to access any site that contains the word “violence”, this site will be blocked.

Besides words, you can also inform in this field some expressions that you want to block. If you want to block sites that contain the expression “physical violence”, type this expression in this field and then press the Add button.


Add

Press this button to insert the word or expression informed in the Black List Content group in the Black List.


Remove

Press this button to remove the selected words or expressions from the blocked content list. For example, if you want to remove the word “violence” from the blocked content list, you must select it and then press the Remove button.

If there is no word or expression selected in the list the Remove button will be disabled.

The desired word or expression must be selected before the Remove button is enabled to be used again.

Help

This button displays the Help window where you can navigate through the PolicyControl help topics.

OK

When this button is pressed, the changes made to the policy will be saved.

Cancel

This button closes the Policy Edition window and returns to the Policy Configuration window. If there are changes made to the policy that were not saved through the OK button, these changes will be discarded.