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4.5.6

Parental Control

The SpeedTouch™ allows you to block/allow particular Web sites:

±

Based on the Web site’s URL.

±

By redirecting a Web site to another Web site.

Overview

The

Overview

page displays:

±

The current

Address Based Filtering

rules.

Configure

On the

Configure

page, you can:

±

Deny access to a specific web site

.

±

Allow access to a specific Web site

.

±

Redirect a Web site

.

As within a Web site lots of references can be made to other URLs, it is

recommended to use this feature in combination with content based

filtering.

!

If your administrator account is configured as default user, make sure you

configure a password for this account or change the default user. Otherwise

users on your local network can browse to your SpeedTouch™ to disable

your filtering rules.

For more information, see

“4.5.11 User Management” on page 72

and

“4.5.13 Change Default User” on page 75

.

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Deny access to a

specific Web site

Use this feature if:

±

Allow

is selected under

Action for Unknown Sites.

±

Block

is selected under

Action for Unknown Sites

and you want to make an

exception on an allow rule. For example: you are allowing “provider.com” but

you want to deny access to “mail.provider.com”.

±

A content category/group is allowed by Content Based Filtering and you want

to make an exception. For example: you are allowing

Web Mail

content but

you want to deny access to “mail.provider.com”.

Proceed as follows:

1

Type the URL of the Web site you want to block (for example

“mail.provider.com”) in the

Web Site

box.

2

In the

Action

list, click:

±

Block

if you want to block this Web site.

±

Redirect

if you want to redirect to another page. Type the address of the

redirect page in the

Redirect

box.

3

Click

Add

.

Allow access to a

specific Web site

Use this feature if:

±

Block

is selected under

Action for Unknown Sites

±

Allow

is selected under

Action for Unknown Sites

and you want to make an

exception on a block/redirect rule. For example: you are blocking “bank.com”

but you want to allow access to “netbanking.bank.com”.

±

A content category/group is blocked by Content Based Filtering and you want

to make an exception. For example: you are blocking

Finance / Investment

content but you want to allow access to “netbanking.bank.com”.

Proceed as follows:

1

Type the URL of the Web site you want to allow (for example

“netbanking.bank.com”) in the

Web Site

box.

2

Click

Allow

in the

Action

list.

3

Click

Add

.

Redirect a Web site

Proceed as follows:

1

Type the URL of the Web site you want to redirect (for example “cracks.am”)

in the

Web Site

box.

2

Click

Redirect

in the

Action

list.

3

Type the URL of the Web site you want to redirect to (for example

“mycompany.com/internetpolicy.htm”) in the

Redirect

box.

4

Click

Add

.

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Redirecting all Web

sites

Proceed as follows:

1

Type “*” in the

Web Site

box.

2

Click

Redirect

in the

Action list

.

3

Type the URL of the Web site you want to redirect to (for example

“mycompany.com/internetpolicy.htm”) in the

Redirect

box.

4

Click

Add

.

5

Type the URL of the Web site you want to redirect to (for example

“mycompany.com/internetpolicy.htm”) in the

Web Site

box.

6

Click

Allow

in the

Action list

.

7

Click

Add

.

Configure content

based filtering settings

Under

Content Based Filtering

you can:

±

Enable/disable content based filtering.

±

Allow/block uncategorized Web sites.

±

Select a content level in the

Content Level

list.

To change a content level definition, click the

Edit

link of the content

level you want to change. For more information, see

“4.5.7 Content

Level” on page 66

.

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4.5.7

Content Level

Accessing the Content

Level page

Proceed as follows:

1

In the

Toolbox

menu, click

Web Site Filtering

.

2

Click

Configure

.

3

Click the

Edit

link of the content level you want to edit.

Overview

The

Content Level

page gives you an overview of the different categories and their

rules.

The following icons indicate whether the content type is allowed or not.

Configure

This page allows you to change:

±

The content level name.

±

The content level description.

±

The content level configuration.

Icon

Description

The category/group is allowed.

The category/group is not allowed.

The group is partly allowed.

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4.5.8 Firewall

About the firewall

The firewall allows you to secure traffic from and to the SpeedTouch™. There are

different security levels, depending on the degree of security you need.

Overview

The

Overview

page summarizes the overall security policy configured on your

SpeedTouch™.

Configure

On the

Configure

page you can select the security level of the SpeedTouch™.

Security Levels

Select one of following security levels:

±

BlockAll

:

All traffic from and to the Internet is blocked. Game and Application Sharing is

not allowed by the firewall.

±

Standard

:

All outgoing connections are allowed. All incoming connections are blocked,

except for inbound connections assigned to a local host via Game and

Application Sharing.

±

Disabled

:

All in- and outgoing traffic is allowed to pass through your SpeedTouch™,

including Game and Application Sharing.

This is the default firewall level.

Although BlockAll should block all connections, some mandatory types

of traffic such as DNS will still be relayed between LAN and WAN via

the SpeedTouch™.

The firewall levels only have impact on the forward hook. This means that

the handling of traffic from and to the Web pages of the SpeedTouch™ is

independent of the selected firewall level.

Protocol checks will be performed on all accepted connections, irrespective

of the chosen level. You can only disable protocol checks via the CLI.

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