Web content filter Web Filter
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Figure 329: Sample web content filter list
The web content filter list has the following icons and features:
Configuring the web content filter list
Web content patterns can be one word or a text string up to 80 characters long. The
maximum number of patterns in the list is 5000.
To add or edit a content filter pattern go to UTM > Web Filter > Web Content Filter and
select Create New or select the Edit icon of the web content filter list you want to edit.
Note: Enable UTM > Web Filtering > Web Content Filter in a firewall Protection Profile to
activate the content filter settings.
Name Web content filter list name. To change the name, edit text in the name field and
select OK.
Comment Optional comment. To add or edit comment, enter text in comment field and
select OK.
Create new Select to add a pattern to the web content filter list.
Page up icon Select to view the previous page.
Page down icon Select to view the next page.
Remove All
Entries icon
Select to clear the table.
Check Box Select the check box to enable all the patterns in the list. Clear the check box to
disable all of the patterns in the list. Use the check box for individual patterns to
enable or disable them.
Pattern The current list of patterns.
Pattern type The pattern type used in the pattern list entry. Pattern type can be wildcard or
regular expression. See “Using wildcards and Perl regular expressions” on
page 578.
Language The character set to which the pattern belongs: Simplified Chinese, Traditional
Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Thai, or Western.
Action Action can be block or exempt.
Score A numerical weighting applied to the pattern. The score values of all the matching
patterns appearing on a page are added, and if the total is greater than the
threshold value set in the protection profile, the page is blocked.
Delete icon Select to delete an entry from the list.
Edit icon Select to edit the following information: Banned Word, Pattern Type, Language,
and Enable.