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Figure 5.89 restricted Website
3.
Enter the website address (IP address or URL) that you would like to make inaccessible from your home network (all Web
pages within the site will also be blocked). If the website address has multiple IP addresses, GlobeSurfer
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II will resolve all
additional addresses and automatically add them to the restrictions table.
4.
The Local Host combo box provides you the ability to specify the computer or group of computers for which you would like
to apply the website restriction.
You can select between any or a specific computer address in your LAN. If you choose the User Defined’ option, the screen
will refresh, and you will be redirected to the ‘Edit network object’ page. To learn more about network objects, see chapter
6.6.8.
5.
The Schedule combo-box allows you to define the time period during which this rule will take effect. By default, the rule
will always be active. However, you can configure scheduler rules by selecting ‘User Defined’. To learn how to configure
scheduler rules please refer to section 6.6.4.
6.
Click ‘OK’ to save the settings.You will be returned to the previous screen while GlobeSurfer
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II attempts to find the site.
‘Resolving. . . ‘ will appear in the Status column while the site is being located (the URL is ‘resolved’ into one or more IP
addresses).
7.
Click the ‘Refresh’ button to update the status if necessary. If the site is successfully located then ‘Resolved’ will appear
in the status bar, otherwise ‘Hostname Resolution Failed’ will appear. In case GlobeSurfer
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II fails to locate the website, do
the following:
a.
Use a Web browser to verify that the website is available. If it is, then you probably entered the website address
incorrectly.
b.
If the website is not available, return to the ‘Website Restrictions’ screen at a later time and click the ‘Resolve Now’
button to verify that the website can be found and blocked by GlobeSurfer
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II.
You may edit the website restriction by modifying its entry under the ‘Local Host’ column in the ‘Website Restrictions’ screen.
To modify an entry:
1.
Click the Edit action icon for the restriction. The ‘Restricted Website’ screen will appear (see Figure 5.89). Modify the
website address, group or schedule as necessary.
2.
Click the ‘OK’ button to save your changes and return to the ‘Website Restrictions’ screen.
To ensure that all current IP addresses corresponding to the restricted websites are blocked:
1.
Click the ‘Resolve Now’ button. GlobeSurfer
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II will check each of the restricted website addresses and ensure that all IP
addresses at which this website can be found are included in the IP addresses column.
You can disable a restriction in order to make a website available again without having to remove it from the ‘Website
Restrictions’ screen. This may be useful if you wish to make the website available only temporarily and expect that you will
want to block it again in the future.
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To temporarily disable a rule, clear the check box next to the service name.