Performing a URL Lookup
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If you need to determine the category that a URL belongs to, there are two methods:
- Within Filter Rules
- Within Custom URL
Filter Rules method
Navigate to Security Modules > Web Security > Filter Rules:
Click Rule Simulator:
Then select Web Category, which opens a dialogue box in the middle of the window:
Click the Lookup button which opens another dialogue box:
You can now enter your URL of choice, which does not have to be complete. For example, you don't necessarily have to put in the full URL (e.g. www.google.com) and can simply put in the domain (e.g. google.com):
Note however that subdomains can produce different results. For example, ai.google.com is classified differently as A.I. & M.L.:
Custom URL method
Navigate to Security Modules > Web Security > Custom URL and then select one of the Custom URL Categories (in the example below I've selected Allow MIME Type Downloads) then click on the "eye" icon in the centre of the screen:
This displays the URL Lookup dialogue box:
You can now enter a URL to determine it's category membership. For example, to lookup www.google.com you can just enter google.com like so:
Note that as with the previous method that subdomains can produce different results. For example, ai.google.com is classified differently as A.I. & M.L.:
