URL tab

This tab provides an overview of:

Predefined URL categories such as antivirus_bypass and authentication_bypass,
Custom URL categories,
URL category groups.

Possible operations

Enter a filter	Type a character string in the field: only items that contain this character string will appear in the URL categories and URL category group grids. Erase the character string to display all items once more.
Select all	Select all URL categories and all URL category groups to Delete them.
Add	Create a new URL category or a new URL category group. By selecting one of these two items in the drop-down menu, a new line appears in the corresponding grid, allowing you to indicate the name of the category or category group, as well as comments, if necessary.
Delete	Deletes the selected item (URL category or category group). If this item is in use in the firewall configuration, a warning message will ask you to confirm the operation.
Check usage	Checks whether the selected item is used in the firewall's configuration. The results of the check are shown in the module tree.
Check URL classification	Checks whether a URL belongs to a defined URL category. Custom and dynamic categories will be searched. This will help to determine whether a URL needs to be added to a category. Enter the desired URL in the text zone, then press Enter. A URL categories panel appears, displaying the categories that contain this URL.

URL category grid

The grid includes the following:

URL category	Name of the URL category.
Usage	A symbol indicates that this URL category is used in the firewall's configuration (URL/SSL filtering or filtering), A symbol indicates that this URL category is not used in the firewall's configuration.
Number of items	Indicates the number of URLs included in the URL category.
Comments	Displays any comments that may have been added when the URL category was created.

NOTE
The number of characters for a URL category is restricted to 255.

Editing a URL category

By double-clicking on a URL category, its content will appear on the right side of the screen.

The following actions can be performed in the grid:

Group name	Change the name of the URL category.
Comments	Add or change the comments associated with this URL category.
Enter a filter	Type a character string in the field: only items that contain this character string will appear in the grid. Erase the character string to display all items once more.
Select all	Makes it possible to select all the URLs in a category to Delete them.
Add	Adds a URL to a category. Clicking on this button creates a new line, allowing you to enter the URL and add comments if necessary. The URL may contain the wildcards * and ?.
Delete	Deletes a URL from a category. Select the URL in question, then click on the button.

The grid includes the following:

URL	Name of the URL. It may contain the wildcards * and ?.
Comments	You can add a comment in this field to describe each URL listed.

The list of Characters allowed and syntax restrictions apply only to URLs. The following wildcards can be used:

replaces a character string.

EXAMPLES
*.company.com/ makes it possible to include all sub-domains of company.com (e.g. mail.company.com or www.company.com) as well as all elements that follow the slash “/”.
*.exe makes it possible to include all URLs ending with ".exe".

replaces a single character.

EXAMPLE
???.company.com includes www.company.com or ftp.company.com but not www1.company.com.

URL category group grid

The grid includes the following:

URL category group	Name of the URL category group.
Usage	A symbol indicates that this URL category group is used in the firewall's configuration (URL/SSL filtering or filtering), A symbol indicates that this URL category group is not used in the firewall's configuration.
Number of items	Indicates the number of URL categories included in the group.
Comments	Shows comments that may have been added when group was created.

NOTE
The number of characters for a URL category group is restricted to 255.

Editing a URL category group

By double-clicking on a URL category group, its content will appear on the right side of the screen.

The following actions can be performed in the grid:

Group name	Change the name of the URL category group.
Comments	Add or change the comments associated with the group.
Enter a filter	Type a character string in the field: only items that contain this character string will appear in the grid. Erase the character string to display all items once more.
Select all	Makes it possible to select all the categories in a group to Delete them.
Add	Adds a URL category to the group. Clicking on this button creates a new line, allowing you to select the URL category.
Delete	Deletes a URL category from the group. Select the URL category in question, then click on the button.

The grid includes the following:

Objects in this group

Name of URL categories that make up the group.