Creating a protocol filter

Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

Related topics:

Managing access to categories and protocols

Actions

Editing a protocol filter

Working with protocols

When a category or protocol is blocked

Use the Policy Management > Filters > Add Protocol Filter page to define a new protocol filter. You can work from a predefined template or make a copy of an existing protocol filter to use as the basis for the new filter.

Enter a unique Filter name. The name must be between 1 and 50 characters long, and cannot include any of the following characters:

* < > { } ~ ! $ % & @ # . " | \ & + = ? / ; : ,

Filter names can include spaces, dashes, and apostrophes.

Enter a short Description of the filter. This description appears next to the filter name in the Protocol Filters section of the Filters page, and should explain the filter's purpose.

The character restrictions that apply to filter names also apply to descriptions, with 2 exceptions: descriptions can include periods (.) and commas (,).

Select an entry from the drop-down list to determine whether to use a template (see Category and protocol filter templates) or make a copy of an existing filter as a basis for the new filter.

To see and edit the new filter, click OK. The filter is added to Protocol Filters list on the Filters page.

To finish customizing the new filter, continue with Editing a protocol filter.