Caching Proxy Help

PICS Filters

Create a PICS filter

  1. Go to the Proxy Configuration, PICS Filters form.
  2. Click Create a new filter.
  3. Select Before or After and Select an Index number.
  4. Click Submit to update your server with the changes you made to the form
    or
    Click Reset to return to the values that were on the form before you made the changes.
  5. Define the PICS filter rule. See Defining a PICS Filter Rule for further information.
  6. After entering information about a new PICS filter rule, the basic settings of the specified PICS filter are displayed on the PICS Filter Mechanisms configuration page. Use the form to view PICS Filter summary information and to continue configuring the new PICS filter by associating the filter with one or more filtering mechanisms.

    Various filtering mechanisms can be associated with the specified PICS filter.

     

Copy a PICS filter

  1. Go to the Proxy Configuration, PICS Filters form.
  2. Click Copy existing filter.
  3. Select Before or After and Select an Index number.
  4. Click Submit to update your server with the changes you made to the form
    or
    Click Reset to return to the values that were on the form before you made the changes.

Edit a PICS filter

  1. Go to the Proxy Configuration, PICS Filters form.
  2. Click Edit existing filter.
  3. Set Index to the position of the rule you want to edit.
  4. Click Submit to update your server with the changes you made to the form
    or
    Click Reset to return to the values that were on the form before you made the changes.
  5. Make modifications to the definition of the PICS filter rule, as necessary. See Defining a PICS Filter Rule for further information.
  6. After modifying information about the selected PICS filter rule, the basic settings of the PICS filter are displayed on the PICS Filter Mechanisms configuration page. Use the form to view PICS Filter summary information and to continue configuring the PICS filter by associating the filter with one or more filtering mechanisms.

    Various filtering mechanisms can be associated with the specified PICS filter.

Delete a PICS filter

  1. Go to the Proxy Configuration, PICS Filters form.
  2. Click Delete an existing filter.
  3. Set Index to the position of the rule you want to delete.
  4. Click Submit to update your server with the changes you made to the form
    or
    Click Reset to return to the values that were on the form before you made the changes.

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