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Advanced:Profiles

  • Add a profile to represent a user, or group of users, who will be assigned individual filter settings.

  • Designate the startup profile.

  • Specify the length of inactive time a profile is allowed before changing to the startup profile.


Profiles

Every Cyber Patrol user logs in using a profile name. A profile can be a single user, or it can include a group of users with similar filtering needs. You can have up to ten profiles.

After you add a new profile, you assign it filter settings. A user logged into Cyber Patrol using a particular profile name is then filtered according to the settings for that profile. Each profile can also be assigned a password, which will be required when logging in.

Cyber Patrol initially contains one profile, named Default, which has been assigned basic filter settings. To view these settings, go to Setup:Summary.


Filter settings for profiles

You decide filter settings for each profile in the Setup areas, as described below:

Time:

When and for how long access is allowed to the Internet and applications

Access:

Whether access to Web sites, Newsgroups, and IRC Chat is Blocked, Allowed, or Filtered

CyberLISTs:

Which CyberLISTs are used for filtering, and whether your additional lists of Blocked and Allowed Sites are also used

Keywords:

Whether Internet access is filtered by keywords within addresses

Ratings:

Whether Internet access is filtered by Rating Services

Applications:

Which applications are restricted


Passwords

When you add a new profile, you can also assign it a password, which will be required when logging in.

The only profile that does not have a password assigned is the startup profile. If you add a profile and assign it a password, then change the startup to be that profile, the password is no longer required.


Adding profiles

You add profiles to represent a single user or a group of users with similar filtering needs. There are two ways you can add profiles:

  • Use Add to define a new profile, which is automatically given a basic setting of filter settings, called factory settings. You can then change these settings to be appropriate for the user or users included in the profile.

  • Select an existing profile and use Duplicate to define a new profile with the same filter settings. You can change the settings of the new profile as appropriate.


How to add a profile

To add a new profile:

  1. In Advanced:Profiles, click Add.
  2. Under Name, enter a name for the new profile.
  3. Under Password, enter a password for the profile, if desired. Anyone logging into Cyber Patrol under this profile must provide this password.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Repeat Steps 1 through 4 for each profile you are adding.


How to duplicate a profile

You might want to add a new profile who has filter settings the same as, or similar to, an existing profile. You duplicate the existing profile, then modify the duplicate's filter settings as necessary.

To add a duplicate profile:

  1. In Advanced:Profiles, select the Name of the profile whose settings you want to copy.
  2. Click Duplicate. A new profile is added to the list, with a name of "Copy of ..."
  3. Enter a new Name to replace the default name.
  4. Under Password, enter a password for the profile, if desired. Anyone logging into Cyber Patrol under this profile must provide this password.
  5. Click Save.


Startup profile

One Cyber Patrol profile must always be designated as the startup profile. In Advanced:Profiles, the startup profile is indicated by a checkmark in the Startup column.

The profile that came with Cyber Patrol ( Default) is initially designated as the startup. You can change this profile's name and filter settings, if you choose. You can also add another profile and designate it to be the startup.

There are several times when the startup profile becomes active:

  • When you start Cyber Patrol, the name displayed in the Cyber Patrol toolbar is that of the startup profile.

  • When the idle timeout period expires (see below), the logged-in profile reverts to the startup.

Note: It is recommended that, because the startup profile is the most easily accessed, filter settings assigned to it be more restrictive than those for other profiles.


How to change the startup profile

To change which profile is the startup:

  • Click in the Startup area next to the desired profile name.


Idle Timeout Period

If a user logs into Cyber Patrol, but does not access the Internet for a specified length of time, Cyber Patrol changes the logged-in profile to the Startup profile. You can specify how long Cyber Patrol waits before changing the profile.


How to change the Idle Timeout Period

To change the number of minutes in the Idle Timeout Period:

  1. In Advanced:Profiles, go to Idle Timeout Period.
  2. Select the spinners next to the time until you reach the time you want to allow.


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