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Setup:Keywords

  • Block access to Internet sites according to your specified keywords -- words or word fragments that Cyber Patrol looks for in an Internet address. If Cyber Patrol finds the keyword in an address, it blocks the site.
  • Specify keyword exceptions -- terms that you want to allow in an Internet address, but which might be blocked because of its similarity to a blocked keyword.


Keyword Blocking

Cyber Patrol can block Web sites, Newsgroups, and IRC Chat addresses if their addresses contain one or more keywords that you specify. The keyword can be a word ("sex") or a string of characters ("xxx").

You select which part of the address Cyber Patrol searches for the keyword: URL, Server, or Directory:

Hint: If you are not sure whether the keyword might appear within the Server name or Directory name, select URL contains for this option. This way, the site will be blocked if the keyword appears anywhere in an address.

You also select whether Cyber Patrol searches for the keyword at the beginning, at the end, or anywhere in the selected part.


Examples of keyword blocking

The following table lists examples of sites that are blocked as a result of various combinations for blocking the keyword "sex":

If the...

contains the keyword:>

starts with the keyword:

ends with the keyword:

URL

www.sexmno.com
www.abcmno.com/pqrs/sexy

sex.abcmno.com

www.abcmno.sex
www.abcmno.com/pqrs/sex

Server

www.sexmno.com/

sex.abcmno.com

www.abcmno.sex

Directory

www.abcmno.com/pqrs/sexy

sex.abcmno.com/sexy/pqrs

www.abcmno.com/pqrs/sex


How to set up keyword blocking:

You decide the keyword you want to filter and its location within the address.

To block access using keywords:

  1. In Setup:Keywords, check the box next to Web sites, Newsgroups, or IRC Chat.
  2. Beneath the Block a Site if its... list, click Add.
  3. Select URL, Server, or Directory from the pop-up menu. Refer to the Key section for assistance.

  4. Select contains, starts with, or ends with from the pop-up menu.
  5. Enter the keyword you want to block.
  6. Repeat Steps 2 through 5 for each keyword you want to block.
  7. Click Save.


How to remove keyword blocking:

To remove a keyword:

  1. In Setup:Keywords, go to the Block a Site if its... list.
  2. Click the keyword that you want to remove.
  3. Beneath the Block a Site if its... list, click Delete.
  4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for each keyword you want to remove.
  5. Click Save.


Keyword Exceptions

You might want to allow access to certain sites that get blocked because they contain keywords. For example, you want addresses containing the word "sex" to be blocked, but you don't want to block access to sites containing "Sexton," "sextuplet," or "Middlesex." To allow access to these sites, you add these terms to the Exceptions list.


How to set up keyword exceptions:

To allow additional access using keyword exceptions:

  1. In Setup:Keywords, go to the Exceptions list.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Select URL, Server, or Directory from the pop-up menu. Refer to the Key section for assistance.
  4. Select contains, starts with, or ends with from the pop-up menu.
  5. Enter the keyword you want to allow, for example: Sexton. This will allow access to sites containing "Sexton," overriding the blocked keyword "sex."
  6. Repeat Steps 2 through 5 for each keyword you want to allow.
  7. Click Save.


How to remove keyword exceptions:

To remove a keyword exception:

  1. In Setup:Keywords, go to the Exceptions list.
  2. Click the keyword exception that you want to remove.
  3. Click Delete.
  4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for each keyword exception you want to remove.
  5. Click Save.


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