On this page, you can create various lists of URLs and then use them as black and white lists for the content filtering rules.
Note that UserGate offers its own updatable lists. You will also need the corresponding license to use them. For more details on product licensing, please refer to UserGate licensing.
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Description |
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UserGate black list |
This list contains URLs prohibited by some national laws. |
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Phishing black list |
This list contains URLs of known phishing websites. |
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UserGate white list |
This list contains URLs of known trusted websites and portals. |
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Search engines without safesearch capability |
This list contains known search engines which do not provide safe search (family filter). We recommend to block such search engines for parental control, as they provide ability to get adult content. |
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UserGate black list (Custom code) |
This list contains URLs prohibited by some national laws. The GS1 suffix code for UserGate custom black/white lists comply with the national laws of the country. See http://www.gs1.org/company-prefix for details |
To set up filtering based on lists of URLs, perform the following steps:
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Name |
Description |
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Step 1. Create a new list of URLs |
Click Add and specify the name for the new list |
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Step 2. Add the necessary records to your list |
Add the necessary URLs to your list. You can use special characters ^, $ and * in the lists: * stands for an arbitrary number of characters ^ denotes the start of the current line $ denotes the end of the current line Note that characters ? and # are not allowed here |
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Step 3. Create a new content filtering rule containing one or more lists |
Please refer to Content filtering. |
All records that start with http:// , https://, ftp:// or contain one or more "/" characters are handled as URLs with the HTTP(S) filtering, but not applied to the DNS filtering. Otherwise, such string will be treated as domain name and therefore will be applied for both DNS and HTTP(S) filtering.
Example of URL record interpretation:
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Sample record |
Handling of DNS requests |
Handling of HTTP requests |
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yahoo.com or *yahoo.com* |
Blocks the entire domain with its third-level domains, e.g.: sport.yahoo.com mail.yahoo.com and qweryahoo.com |
Blocks the entire domain with all its URLs and third-level domains, e.g.: |
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^mail.yahoo.com$ |
Blocks only mail.yahoo.com |
Blocks only http://mail.yahoo.com |
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^mail.yahoo.com/$ |
Nothing is blocked |
Nothing is blocked, since the last "/" defines an URL, but neither "https" nor "http" are specified |
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Nothing is blocked |
Blocks only |
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^yahoo.com/12345/ |
Nothing is blocked |
Blocks |
Network administrators can create custom lists and distribute them from a single center to all UserGate servers. To create a new list, perform the following steps:
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Name |
Description |
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Step 1. Create a new file with the necessary list of URLs |
Create a new text file called list.txt with URLs presented in the following format: ... |
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Step 2. Put this file into a new archive |
Zip the file into a new archive called list.zip |
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Step 3. Create a new file with the necessary version of your list |
Create a new file called version.txt and specify the list version (e.g. "3") in it. Make sure to increment this value each time you update the list |
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Step 4. Publish files on your web server |
Publish list.zip and version.txt on your website and make them available for download |
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Step 5. Create a new list of content types and provide an URL for installing updates |
Create a new list of URLs on every UserGate server. When creating a new database, make sure to provide an URL for installing updates. UserGate will be checking for a new version on your website every 4 hours and automatically update your list once a newer version is released |