Figure 287 – Content filter
6.2.3.1 Content Filter Scenario
When the administrator of the gateway wants to block Web requests for dedicated contents or objects, they can use the
"Web Content Filters" function.
As shown in the diagram above, enable the Web content filters function to check and filter out Web requests on Cookies,
Java and ActiveX objects then define further objects in the “Web Content Filter List” that may include extension ".exe" and
".com". The system will block requests containing objects with extension ".exe" or ".com".
6.2.3.2 Content Filter Settings
To enable the Content Filter functionality:
1 Select Firewall from the Security submenu on the left and then open the Content Filter tab.
2 Go to the Configuration section of the Content Filter page:
Figure 288 – Enable Web content Filters
3 Click Content Filter Enable and set the following parameters:
Item Notes Description
Web Content Filter
s
Checkbox, disabled by
default.
Check
Enable to activate the
Content Filter
functionality.
Popular File
Extension List
Multiple selection
boxes.
By default none are
selected.
Cookie – Select to activate this pattern matching rule
which filters out packets containing the keyword:
‘Cookie:’
Java – Select to activate this pattern matching rule
which filters out packets containing any of the following
keywords: .js, .class, .jar, .jsp, .java, .jse, .jcm, .jtk or
.jad
ActiveX – Select to activate this pattern matching
rule which filters out packets containing any of the