Using Content Filters to Control Internet Access
Cisco Small Business RV0xx Series Routers Administration Guide
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Forbidden Domains
Check the
Enable Block Forbidden Domains
box to allow the router to block
access to specified domains. Uncheck the box to disable this feature.
Add or edit rules as needed. Remember that your entries are not saved until you
click the Save button.
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To add an entry to the list:
Type the domain name in the
Add
box. Then
click
Add to list
. Repeat this task as needed to add other domains.
Access is blocked if a user enters a specified domain name in the browser
address bar or navigates to a web page within a specified domain. For
example, assume that
yahoo.com
is blocked. The user cannot successfully
enter any URL that begins with
yahoo.com
. Access also is blocked if the
user performs a web search and clicks a link for a page within the specified
domain, such as
yahoo.com/news
. However, the user can connect to
mail.yahoo.com
, which is a different domain.
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To modify an entry in the list:
Click the entry that you want to modify. Make
the changes, and then click
Update
. If you do not need to make changes,
you can click
Add New
to de-select the entry and clear the text field.
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To delete an entry from the list:
Click the entry that you want to delete.
Then click
Delete
.
Website Blocking by Keywords
Check the
Enable Website Blocking By Keywords
box to allow the router to
block access to URLs that include specified characters. Uncheck the box to
disable this feature.
Add or edit rules as needed. Remember that your entries are not saved until you
click the Save button.
•
To add an entry to the list:
Type a keyword in the
Add
box. Then click
Add
to list
. A keyword can be a complete word, such as
government
, or a few
characters, such as
gov
. Repeat this task as needed to add other keywords.
Access is blocked if the user enters or navigates to a URL that includes the
specified characters. For example, assume that
yahoo
is blocked. The user
cannot access
www.yahoo.com
,
finance.yahoo.com
, or
mydomain.com/
news/yahoo
.
•
To modify an entry in the list:
Click the entry that you want to modify. Make
the changes, and then click
Update
. If you do not need to make changes,
you can click
Add New
to de-select the entry and clear the text field.