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Allowing Certain Sites to Bypass WebBlocker
User Guide 171
Allowing Certain Sites to Bypass WebBlocker
WebBlocker can deny a web site that is necessary for your work. You
can override WebBlocker using the Allowed Sites feature.
For example, employees in your company frequently use web sites
that contain medical information. Some of these web sites are for-
bidden by WebBlocker because they fall into the sex education cate-
gory. To override WebBlocker, you add the web site’s IP address or
its domain name to the Allowed Sites record.
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This WebBlocker feature only applies to web sites on the Internet.
You cannot use WebBlocker to block your users from web sites
behind the Firebox
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1 From the navigation bar, select
WebBlocker > Allowed Sites.
The WebBlocker Allowed Sites page appears.
2
From the drop-down list, select a host IP address, network IP
address, host range or domain name.
3
Type the host, network IP address or domain name of the web
site to allow. If it is a range of IP addresses, type the start and
end point of the range.
Repeat step 3 for each additional host, IP address, or domain name that
you wish to add to the Allowed Sites list.
The domain (or host) name is the part of a URL that ends with .com, .net,
.org, .biz, .gov, or .edu. Domain names may also end in a country code,
such as .de (Germany) or .jp (Japan).