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Web Filter
M86 Security’s Web Filter tracks each user’s online activity,
and can be configured to block specific Web sites, service
ports, and pattern and file types, and lock out an end user
from Internet access, thereby protecting your organization
against lost productivity, network bandwidth issues, and
possible legal problems that can result from the misuse of
Internet resources.
The Web Filter provides an extensive library filtering cate-
gory database, user authentication, implementation of time
and quota filtering profiles, and tools for tailoring a user’s
filtering profile to comply with your organization’s Internet
usage policy, based on the end user’s Internet usage habits.
About this User Guide
The Web Filter User Guide primarily addresses the network
administrator designated to configure and manage the Web
Filter server on the network. This administrator is referred to
as the “global administrator” throughout this user guide. In
part, this user guide also addresses administrators who
manage user groups on the network. These administrators
are referred to as “group administrators” throughout this
user guide. Additional information is provided for adminis-
trators of networks that use the Web Filter with M86’s Secu-
rity Reporter (SR) or M86’s Enterprise Reporter (ER) to
execute both filtering and reporting functions.
This user guide is organized into the following sections:
