Caching Proxy Help

About PICS Filter Definition

PICS filters allow the proxy to restrict access to certain URLs based on labels from a rating service. Rating service bureaus provide PICS labels for Web sites.

Use the PICS Filter Definition configuration page to define a new PICS filter rule or to update an existing rule. Note that when defining a new PICS filter rule it is useful to specify a filter name that is easy to remember and to include a description of the filter so that you can distinguish one filter rule from another.

Various filtering mechanisms can be associated with each PICS filter:

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