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Use the “.” character at the beginning of a site pattern to match a specific domain. For
convenience, the “.” character disregards the protocol and introductory characters.
Example:
.mcafee.com
Adding authorized and prohibited sites
Use this web filtering task to create and manage an Exceptions list for browser protection.
An Exceptions list contains:
• Authorized sites that users are always allowed to access.
• Prohibited sites that users are never allowed to access.
This feature is available only with versions of the browser protection service that include the
web filtering module.
Task
For option definitions, click
?
in the interface.
1
On the Policies page, click
Add Policy
(or click
Edit
to modify an existing policy).
2
Select
Browser Protection & Web Filtering
, then click the
Exceptions
tab.
3
Click
Add to Exceptions List
.
4
Type a URL or site pattern into the text box, then click an action to associate with the site.
•
Authorize
— Add the site to the Exceptions list as an authorized site, which users are
always allowed to access.
•
Prohibit
— Add the site to the Exceptions list as a prohibited site, which users are not
allowed to access.
•
Cancel
— Close the text box without adding the site to the list.
5
Repeat step 4 for each site you want to add to the list
.
6
Click
Save
.
(For a new policy, click
Next
, select additional options for the policy, then
click
Save
.)
Customizing messages for users
Use this task to create a message that displays when users attempt to access sites that are
blocked.
The message appears when users attempt to access a site you have blocked by ratings, by
content, or by adding it to the Exceptions list as a prohibited site. Instead of navigating to the
site, users are redirected to a page displaying the customized message. You might use the
message to explain why the site is blocked.
The message appears on client computers in the language configured for the client software,
if you have created the message in that language.
Site pattern: www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise
http://
www.mcafee.com
This is the domain. The domain consists of two parts:
• Protocol. In this case: http://
• Internet domain. In this case: www.mcafee.com
Domain information is matched from the end. A matching URL’s domain
must end with the site pattern’s domain. The protocol can vary.
These domains match:
• http:// ftp.mcafee.com
• https://mcafee.com
• http://www.info.mcafee.com
These domains do not match:
• http:// www.mcafee.downloads.com
• http://mcafee.net
• http://www.mcafeeasap.com
• http://us.mcafee.com
/us/enterprise
This is the path. The path includes everything that follows the / after the
domain.
Path information is matched from the beginning. A matching URL’s path
must begin with the site pattern’s path.
These paths match:
• /us/enterpriseproducts
• /us/enterprise/products/security
These paths do not match:
• /emea/enterprise
• /info/us/enterprise
Matches
Does not match
• http://www.info.mcafee.com
• http://mcafee.com
• http://ftp.mcafee.com
• http://www.mcafeeasap.com
• http://salesmcafee.com
• http://ftp.mcafee.net
Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering
Customizing messages for users
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