Web Filter Technical Specifications

Web Content Control blocks user access to specific Internet websites. The application leverages a commercial blacklist service, URLBlacklist.com, which organizes websites by 50+ categories or subjects. These categories include pornography, gambling, and job search, for example. Web Content Control enables you to choose among these categories to define web content control policies in your workplace. Also, Web Content Control uses custom URL blocklists for hosts, domains, and file types to block additional content.

If Web Content Control blocks web content that your company deems useful, you can use pass lists to override Web Content Control's blacklist.


What It Does

Transparently scans HTTP traffic in order to log or block specific activity


How It Does It

VistaWiz scanning engine paired with category list from URLbalcklist.com and configurable pass and block lists, with custom tuning and updates from VistaWiz


Controls
  • General blocking and logging of ALL HTTP traffic (Web ON/OFF)
  • Block Lists
    • Category block list: can be configured to pass, pass and log, or block and log by category
    • URL block list: can be used add specific URLs to block and/or log
    • MIME Type & File Extension  block lists: can be customized to block specific MIMEs or extensions
  • Pass Lists
    • URL pass list: can used to allow specific URLs to pass, even if they appear on the category list
    • Client pass list: can be used to pass all HTTP traffic for specific IP addresses