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badsite.com, this.badsite.com, Deny List

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70 CHAPTER 5: GATEWAY CONFIGURATION 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

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70
C
HAPTER
5: G
ATEWAY
C
ONFIGURATION
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