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Deny List
To allow users access to all Web sites except for those you choose to
block, choose
Deny List in the URL Filter Type drop-down box ( Figure 54 ).
Figure 54 URL Filter Screen showing Deny List
To filter a specific site, enter the URL for that site. For example, to stop
your users from browsing a site called
www.badsite.com
, enter
www.badsite.com
or
badsite.com
in one of the fields.
If badsite.com has multiple sub-domains, such as this.badsite.com and
that.badsite.com then you can either:
■
Block them individually by entering
this.badsite.com
in one field
and
that.badsite.com
in another.
or
■
Block them by entering the keyword
badsite.com
into one of the
fields. This will block all URLs containing the string badsite.com . As
well as blocking
this.badsite.com
and
that.badsite.com
,
the keyword badsite.com would block searches that mentioned
badsite.com in their domain name, for example
www.notabadsite.com
.
To filter a generic keyword enter it into one of the fields. You should
exercise caution when choosing a keyword as many keywords are