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C
HAPTER
13
Content Filtering
13.1
Overview
This chapter provides a brief overview of content filtering using the embedded
web GUI.
Internet content filtering allows you to create and enforce Internet access policies
tailored to your needs. Content filtering is the ability to block certain web features
or specific URL keywords.
13.2
What You Can Do
Use the
Filter
(
Section 13.4 on page 138
) screen to restrict web features, add
keywords for blocking and designate a trusted computer.
13.3
What You Need To Know
Content filtering allows you to block certain web features, such as cookies, and/or
block access to specific web sites. For example, you can configure one policy that
blocks John Doe’s access to arts and entertainment web pages.
13.3.1
Content Filtering Profiles
A content filtering profile conveniently stores your custom settings for the
following features.
Restrict Web Features
The NBG4604 can disable web proxies and block web features such as ActiveX
controls, Java applets and cookies.
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Keyword Blocking URL Checking
The NBG4604 checks the URL’s domain name (or IP address) and file path
separately when performing keyword blocking.
The URL’s domain name or IP address is the characters that come before the first
slash in the URL. For example, with the URL
www.zyxel.com.tw/news/
pressroom.php
, the domain name is
www.zyxel.com.tw
.
The file path is the characters that come after the first slash in the URL. For
example, with the URL
www.zyxel.com.tw/news/pressroom.php
, the file path is
news/pressroom.php
.
Since the NBG4604 checks the URL’s domain name (or IP address) and file path
separately, it will not find items that go across the two. For example, with the URL
www.zyxel.com.tw/news/pressroom.php
, the NBG4604 would find “tw” in the
domain name (
www.zyxel.com.tw)
. It would also find “news” in the file path
(
news/pressroom.php
) but it would not find “tw/news”.
13.4
Filter Screen
Use this screen to restrict web features, add keywords for blocking and designate
a trusted computer. Click
Security
>
Content Filter
to open the
Filter
screen.
Figure 82
Security > Content Filter > Filter
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
13.5
Technical Reference
The following section contains additional technical information about the NBG4604
features described in this chapter.
13.5.1
Customizing Keyword Blocking URL Checking
You can use commands to set how much of a website’s URL the content filter is to
check for keyword blocking. See the appendices for information on how to access
and use the command interpreter.
Domain Name or IP Address URL Checking
By default, the NBG4604 checks the URL’s domain name or IP address when
performing keyword blocking.
This means that the NBG4604 checks the characters that come before the first
slash in the URL.
Table 55
Security > Content Filter > Filter
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Enable URL
Keyword
Blocking
The NBG4604 can block Web sites with URLs that contain certain
keywords in the domain name or IP address. For example, if the
keyword "bad" was enabled, all sites containing this keyword in the
domain name or IP address will be blocked, e.g., URL http://
www.website.com/bad.html would be blocked. Select this check box to
enable this feature.
Keyword
Type a keyword in this field. You may use any character (up to 64
characters). Wildcards are not allowed. You can also enter a numerical
IP address.
Keyword List
This list displays the keywords already added.
Add
Click
Add
after you have typed a keyword.
Repeat this procedure to add other keywords. Up to 64 keywords are
allowed.
When you try to access a web page containing a keyword, you will get
a message telling you that the content filter is blocking this request.
Delete
Highlight a keyword in the lower box and click
Delete
to remove it.
The keyword disappears from the text box after you click
Apply
.
Clear All
Click this button to remove all of the listed keywords.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Reset
Click
Reset
to begin configuring this screen afresh
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For example, with the URL
www.zyxel.com.tw/news/pressroom.php
, content
filtering only searches for keywords within
www.zyxel.com.tw
.
Full Path URL Checking
Full path URL checking has the NBG4604 check the characters that come before
the last slash in the URL.
For example, with the URL
www.zyxel.com.tw/news/pressroom.php
, full path URL
checking searches for keywords within
www.zyxel.com.tw/news/
.
Use the
ip urlfilter customize actionFlags 6 [disable | enable]
command to extend (or not extend) the keyword blocking search to include the
URL's full path.
File Name URL Checking
Filename URL checking has the NBG4604 check all of the characters in the URL.
For example, filename URL checking searches for keywords within the URL
www.zyxel.com.tw/news/pressroom.php
.
Use the
ip urlfilter customize actionFlags 8 [disable | enable]
command to extend (or not extend) the keyword blocking search to include the
URL's complete filename.

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