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HTTP > Configuration> Custom Categories | Category Name
  • Category Name—Type a brief but descriptive name for the custom category. Names must be unique, and will appear in the list when you click HTTP > Configuration> Custom Categories.
  • Match—Enter a Web site, a keyword or phrase, or a string of characters in the field, and then tell IWSVA how to apply the match. This field supports both the ? and * wildcards. Entries in this field are added one-by-one to the custom category.
    • Web site—Limits the search to the string as a whole; used with one or more wildcards, this type of setting can be especially useful for applying the configured URL filtering action (block, allow, or monitor) on an entire Web site. There is no need to include http:// or https:// in the URL (it is automatically stripped). IWSVA also adds the "@" character before the Web site domain name.
    • URL keyword—Looks for any occurrence of the letters and/or numbers within a URL, and will match regardless of where the string is found (the string "sex" would be considered a match for "http://www.encyclopedia/content/sexton.htm" and the page blocked). Using wildcards in this field greatly increases the chance of false positives and unexpected results.
    • String—Limits the search to the string as a whole, for example to target a specific site, page, file, or other particular item.
    Note
    Note
    For HTTPS decryption policies, the strings to match vary depending on whether you set IWSVA in proxy or transparency mode.
    - In proxy mode, IWSVA matches the domain names, not the full URL. Thus, you only need to specify the domain names.
    - In transparency mode (WCCP or bridge mode), IWSVA matches the CommonNames in the server certificates received.
  • Import URL List—You can import an existing list of URLs that you want to include in a custom category. For example if you have compiled a list of your competitors' URL using a text editor, you can import the list rather than entering the URLs one-by-one. Import lists must conform to a defined standard.