ProSecure Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance Reference Manual
6-28 Content Filtering and Optimizing Scans
v1.0, January 2010
Table 6-8. Content Filtering Settings
Setting Description (or Subfield and Description)
Content Filtering
Log HTTP Traffic Select this checkbox to log HTTP traffic. For information about how to view the
logged traffic, see “Querying Logs and Generating Reports” on page 11-32. By
default, HTTP traffic is not logged.
Note: Logging HTTP traffic might affect the UTM's performance (see
“Performance Management” on page 10-1).
Block Files with
the Following
Extensions
By default, the File Extension field lists the most common file extensions. You can
manually add or delete extensions. Use commas to separate different extensions.
You can enter a maximum of 40 file extensions; the maximum total length of this
field, excluding the delimiter commas, is 160 characters.
You can also use the pull-down menu to add predefined file extensions from a
specific category to the File Extension field:
• None. No file extensions are added to the File Extension field. This is the default
setting.
• Executables. Executable file extensions (exe, com, dll, so, lib, scr, bat, and
cmd) are added to the File Extension field.
• Audio/Video. Audio and video file extensions (wav, mp3, avi, rm, rmvb, wma,
wmv, mpg, mp4, and aac) are added to the File Extension field.
• Compressed Files. Compressed file extensions (zip, rar, gz, tar, and bz2)
added to the File Extension field.
Full-Text Search
Note: This is keyword blocking.
Block web pages
with the Following
keywords
Select the checkbox to enable keyword blocking. Then, enter keywords that you
want to be blocked. Separate the keywords by a comma.
Note: Keywords searching and blocking might affect the UTM's performance (see
“Performance Management” on page 10-1).
Block Web Objects
Select any or all of the following checkboxes:
Remove
Embedded Objects
All embedded objects such as ActiveX, Java, and Flash objects are removed from
downloaded Web pages.
Note: Because embedded objects are commonly used on legitimate Web sites,
blocking embedded objects globally might have a negative impact on a user’s Web
browsing experience.
Disable Javascript Javascript is disabled on downloaded Web pages.
Proxy All Web proxy servers are blocked.
Cookies All cookies are blocked.