M86 Security R3000 Series Evaluation Manual

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CONFIGURE AND T EST THE R3000 F ILTERING PROFILE FEATURES28 M86 S ECURITY, R3000 E VALUATION GUIDEAttachment filtering setup in Filter Options tabHow to test attachment filtering1. Configure the File Extensions custom category.2. Enable URL Keyword Filter Control in the Global Group Profile.3. Access the Internet from an IP address within the Global Group range.4. Go to a Web site with file downloads (mp3, shareware, movies, etc.).5. Attempt to download a file. The attempt will be blocked.Wildcard filteringDescription: Online communities such as myspace.com continually addnumerous sub-domains to house the profiles of their fast growing communities.Rather than manually adding each and every individual domain to the library on anongoing basis, the R3000 can accept a wildcard to block these types of sites moreefficiently. For example, adding http://*.myspace.com (where the asterisk [*] is thewildcard indicator) to a customized category’s URL list will ensure that anything onmyspace.com will be blocked.IMPORTANT: If a specific URL was added to a custom library category that is not set upto be blocked, and a separate wildcard entry containing a portion of that URL is added to acategory that is set up to be blocked, the end user will be able to access the non-blockedURL but not any URLs containing text following the wildcard.For example, if http://www.cnn.com is added to a category that is not set up to beblocked, and *.cnn.com is added to a category that is set up to be blocked, the enduser will be able to access: http://www.cnn.com since it is a direct match, but will