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Add a Wildcard URL to the Library Category
NOTE : Wildcards are to be used for blocking only. They are not
designed to be used for the exceptions function or the always
allowed white listing function.
To add a URL containing a wildcard to the library category:
1. In the Edit WildCard URL List frame, enter the asterisk (*)
wildcard symbol, a period (.), and the URL .
TIP : The minimum number of levels that can be entered is three
(e.g. *.yahoo.com) and the maximum number of levels is six (e.g.
*.mail.attachments.message.yahoo.com).
2. Click Add to display the associated wildcard URL(s) in
the list box below.
3. Select the wildcard URL(s) that you wish to add to the
category.
4. Click Apply Action .
NOTE : Wildcard URL query results include all URLs containing
text following the period (.) after the wildcard (*) symbol. For
example, an entry of *.beer.com would find a URL such as http://
virtualbartender.beer.com. However, if a specific URL was added
to a library category that is
not set up to be blocked, and a sepa-
rate wildcard entry containing a portion of that URL is added to a
category that
is set up to be blocked, the end user will be able to
access the non-blocked URL 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 be blocked, and
*.cnn.com is added to a category set up to be blocked, the end
user will be able to access http://www.cnn.com since it is a direct
match, but will not be able to access http://www.sports.cnn.com,
since direct URL entries take precedence over wildcard entries.