File System Fingerprinting Wizard

Classifying Content > File fingerprinting > File System Fingerprinting > File System Fingerprinting Wizard - File Filtering


Field	Description
Filter by Type/Document Name
Include file types/names	List the types of files to be fingerprinted, separated by semi-colons. You can use the "" or "?" wildcards. For example, ".doc; .xls; .ppt; *.pdf". Click File Types to select the type of files to include in the scan from predefined categories such as Office Documents or Bitmaps.
Except	List the file types to exclude from the scan, separated by semi-colons. Wildcards are permitted here as well. Click File Types to select the type of files to exclude in the scan from predefined categories such as Office Documents or Bitmaps.
Filter by Age
Search only for files that were modified:	Select this check box to filter files by age, then select the option that corresponds to the desired period. When you select this box, the default period is 24 months.
Filter by Size
Scan only files larger than	Select this check box to filter files by size, then select a file size from the spinner. By default, all files larger than 1 KB are scanned.
Scan only files smaller than	Select this check box to filter files by size, then select a file size from the spinner. By default, all files smaller than 100,000 KB are scanned.


	Note Files larger than 100 MB are fingerprinted for exact-matching. Two binary fingerprints are created: one with the first 100 MB, and another with the first and last 5 MB. When a large file is received, the first and last 5 MB are sent to analysis. They are compared to both of the fingerprints above to search for a match.

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