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2
If you want to specify content types to allow, click the
upper
Add
button in the dialog box.
The Select MIME Type dialog box appears.
3
Select a MIME type. Click
OK
.
4
To create a new MIME type, click
New Type
. Enter the
MIME type and description. Click
OK
.
The new type appears at the bottom of the Content Types drop-
down list. Repeat this process for each content type. For a list of
MIME content types, see the Reference Guide.
5
If you want to specify unsafe path patterns to block,
enter a path pattern next to the left of the
Add
button.
Click
Add
.
Only the path and not the host name are filtered. For example,
with the Web site www.testsite.com/login/here/index.html, only
the elements /login/ and /here/ can be added to the unsafe path
patterns box, not *testsite*.
If you want to disable content type filtering, click the
Set-
tings
tab. Clear the checkbox marked
Require Content
Type
.
N
OTE
Zip files are denied when you deny Java or ActiveX applets,
because Zip files often contain these applets.
Configuring a caching proxy server
Because the Firebox’s HTTP proxy does no content cach-
ing, the Firebox has been designed to work with caching
proxy servers. Because company employees often visit the
same Web sites, this greatly speeds operations and reduces
the load on external Internet connections. All Firebox
proxy and WebBlocker rules that are in place still have the
same effect.
The Firebox communicates with proxy servers exactly the
same way that clients normally do. Instead of a GET
request from the Firebox to the Internet looking like this:
GET / HTTP/1.1
It ends up looking like this, and the request is sent to the
configured caching proxy server instead:
Summary of Contents for Firebox X10E
Page 1: ...WatchGuard Firebox System User Guide WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 12: ...xii WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 44: ...Chapter 2 Service and Support 22 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 61: ...Cabling the Firebox User Guide 39 ...
Page 68: ...Chapter 3 Getting Started 46 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 78: ...Chapter 4 Firebox Basics 56 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 156: ...Chapter 8 Configuring Filtered Services 134 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 182: ...Chapter 9 Configuring Proxied Services 160 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 220: ...Chapter 11 Intrusion Detection and Prevention 198 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 242: ...Chapter 12 Setting Up Logging and Notification 220 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 256: ...Chapter 13 Reviewing and Working with Log Files 234 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 274: ...Chapter 14 Generating Reports of Network Activity 252 WatchGuard Firebox System ...