WSM Reference Guide - WatchGuard Technologies

CHAPTER 6
WebBlocker Content
WatchGuard® WebBlocker, together with the HTTP proxy, supplies Web filtering for the content of the
Web pages your users open in their browsers. WebBlocker uses a URL database created and controlled
by SurfControl.
Searching for Blocked Sites
To see if WebBlocker is blocking a Web site as part of a category block, go to the Filter Testing and Submissions
form on the SurfControl Web site.
1 Open a Web browser and go to:
http://mtas.surfcontrol.com/mtas/MTAS.asp
2 Type the URL or IP address of the site to check.
3 Click Test Site.
The search engine tells you if the site is on the SurfControl list. You can also request that the URL be added to the
SurfControl list.
WebBlocker Categories
The WebBlocker database contains nine groups of categories with 40 individual categories. A Web site is
added to a category when the contents of the Web site meet the correct criteria. Web sites that give
opinion or educational material about the subject matter of the category are not included. For example,
the drugs/drug culture category denies sites that tell how to use marijuana. They do not deny sites with
information about the historical use of marijuana.
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