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Course Description

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General

Member Hosted Content Filtering with Netsweeper  

  • Duration: Half day
  • Session times: 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (deliverable hours = 0.5)

Online Class Note

The online version of this class will be offered in two 1 1/2 hour sessions offered on two different days using Adobe Connect. Please note dates and times on the course schedule.

Overview

This course is designed for the Internet Filtering Administrator who wants to provide a locally hosted filtering solution. Included is an overview of how Internet filtering with Netsweeper works, use of the Netsweeper webadmin interface as well as information about options specifically designed to be used in a locally hosted environment such as network-based filtering and downloadable client versions on laptops. The class is both lecture and lab oriented.

Please Note: If you want to use a MOREnet hosted Internet content filtering solution, you will want to attend the class titled "Internet Content Filtering with Netsweeper - MOREnet Hosted Solution."

Objectives

Given information on the Netsweeper Internet filtering service and the locally hosted filtering options, the participant should by the end of the class have a working knowledge of, or be able to

  • Define Internet Filtering
  • Define filter categories
  • Define how Netsweeper harvests suspect URLs
  • Install the client filter
  • Create and modify filters to customize filtering for users
  • Create your own block and exception categories to further customize filtering for users
  • Assign filters to computers on a network using their IP addresses
  • Specify web sites, keywords, and file types to block
  • Specify web sites, keywords, and file types to allow
  • Specify users who can override filtering
  • Setup a redirect page you want to display when users try to access blocked Web content

Registration

To register, visit the Training Registration

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