In the Safe browsing section, network administrators can enable additional filtering parameters for HTTP and HTTPS (if the HTTPS encryption has been configured) including the following ones:
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Ad blocking. Even secure websites may sometimes display annoying ads or unwanted content on sidebars. UserGate can address this issue and prevent ad banners from displaying on webpages
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The script injection feature allows you to insert the necessary program code in all web pages accessible for users. Program code is injected before HTML tag </head>.
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Forced safe search for search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, Yandex) and on YouTube. You can use this tool to block unwanted content by means of search portals, thereby ensuring high efficiency, e.g. when filtering responses to requests of graphical or video content
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Enables logging of users' search queries
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Blocking of social network applications. Social networks have become an important part of our life. However, many companies don't allow their employees to play online games provided by social network at work. UserGate can block such applications without any impact to all other functions of social networks
Criteria of a rule can be as follows:
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Traffic source
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Users and groups
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Time
Important! Rules are applied from top to bottom in the same order as they are displayed in the console. The system always applies only the first rule for which all criteria are met. This means that the most specific rules must be in the upper part of the list, while the broader rules must be in the bottom. If you want to change the order of rules, use the Up/Down buttons.
Important! The rule will be applied only when all its specific conditions are met. The Negate checkbox makes the condition opposite to the initial condition, i.e. corresponds to logical negation (NOT).
Important! If no rules have been created, then no additional safe browsing functions will be applied.
To create a new content filtering rule, click Add in the Security policies-->Safe browsing section and specify the following parameters.
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Description |
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Enabled |
Enables or disables a rule |
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Name |
Rule name |
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Description |
Description of a rule |
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Enable logging |
Logs information about rule triggered. |
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AdBlock |
Enable ad blocking. By clicking Exceptions, administrators can select a list of URLs for which no ad blocking is required. |
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Injector |
Injects an arbitrary program code in all web pages. To edit this program code, click Injector code. |
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Safe search |
Forcibly enables the safe search functionality |
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Search history |
Enables logging of user search queries |
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Block social media apps |
Blocks apps in popular social media |
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Source |
A source zone and/or a list of source IP addresses for the traffic. |
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Users |
List of users and groups of users to which this rule will be applied. You can add users of the Any, Unknown, Known type. To apply rules to individual users or user of the Known type, make sure to set up authentication properly. For more details on user identification, please refer to the Users and devices section. |
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Time |
Time period when the rule will be active. Network administrators can add necessary time intervals in Libraries-->Time sets. |