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Access Control
Advanced Firewall
Application
Activity Report
Application Group
Content Type Group
Default Computer
Default
User
Erase Content Group
File
Type Group
Internet Security
LAN
Computers
Local Internet Users
Network Activity Report
Network
Group
PICS Rating
Service
Group
Traffic Rate Control
Traffic
Recording
Alerts Report
Web
Content Group
Web Filters
Web
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Access Control |
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| Type of admission control or network privilege (full, no, restricted) granted to local users and LAN computers. Concurrent with restricted access, application and service groups may be granted unconditional full or no access. |
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Advanced Firewall |
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| Low level stateful packet filter specification based on protocol and port numbers. |
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Application Activity Report |
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| Displays current network connections established by active applications and services. |
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Application Group |
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| Group of applications identified by the executable file name and path for which a policy (access control, rate control, traffic recording, erase content) may be provisioned. |
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Content Type Group |
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| Group of content types, where a content type identifies the type of content based on industry standard MIME type identifiers (e.g. text/plain, text/html, application/x-www-url-encoded). |
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Default Computer |
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| Policies to be enforced for a LAN computer when no explicit policy is specified for that computer. |
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Default User |
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| Policies to be enforced for a locally logged on user when no explicit policy is specified for that user. |
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Erase Content Group |
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| Phrases that must be obliterated in incoming or outgoing content to grant conditional access to web sites, send or receive email, participate in chat sessions or submit web forms. The restricted phrases are replaced with asterisks. Blocking outgoing content protects children from unwittingly revealing personal information to strangers on the Internet. |
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File Type Group |
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| Group of file types, where a file type identifies the type of content based on industry standard file type extensions (e.g. .txt, .doc, .ppt, .htm, .exe, .gif). |
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Internet Security |
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| Basic security options to protect your computer from hackers and rogue applications on the Internet. |
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LAN Computers |
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| Computers that are on the network(s) connected to the Policy.Net gateway computer. |
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Local Internet Users |
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| Login user name of currently logged on local user on the gateway computer. On Windows XP, when multiple users are logged on locally, the policy provisioned for the user currently attached to the console (fast user switch) is enforced. |
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Network Activity Report |
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| Displays statistics of all network connections established by applications and services. History is preserved for the provisioned number of days. |
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Network Group |
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| Group of hosts identified by network (IP) address for which advanced firewall security filters may be provisioned. |
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PICS Rating |
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| Voluntary web site content rating system based on the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) standard. |
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Service Group |
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| Group of well known services identified by protocol and port numbers for which a policy (access control, rate control, traffic recording, erase content) may be provisioned. |
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Traffic Rate Control |
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| Reservation of network bandwidth (for outgoing traffic) to guarantee required quality of service to network applications and services. The total reserved bandwidth must not exceed the physical bandwidth based on line speed. |
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Traffic Recording |
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| Low level monitoring of network traffic for analysis of content and activity. |
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Alerts Report |
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| Display of alerts based on provisioned policies for local users and LAN computers. Alerts lead to denial of access. History is preserved for the provisioned number of days. |
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Web Content Group |
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| Phrases in the head (content description) or body (displayed content) of a web page, or in search requests, that unconditionally blocks access to the web site. |
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Web Filters |
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| Set of web site and web content groups based on which access to a web site may be unconditionally granted or denied. |
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Web Site Group |
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| List of web sites, identified by URL or IP address in the dotted decimal notation, for which access may be unconditionally granted or denied. |
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