120 Administrator’s Guide SurfControl Web Filter v5.5
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Using Custom Categorization
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The Monitored Destinations panel shows the current list of destinations in the Monitor database. Click
any of the column headings to sort by that data.
• Destination - Shows the URL for a categorized destination.
• Category - Shows the VCA category for the URL.
• Categorization Method - The sources of categorization are as follows:
– Company & Intranet - The destination is specified within the Categorization tab of the Web Filter
settings as a company domain or Intranet site. ("Categorization Tab" on page 106).
– Manual - The administrator has manually set the category of the site. The category could have
been set to one of the SurfControl defined categories or a custom category. ("Category Object" on
page 67).
– SurfControl - The site was categorized from the SurfControl Internet Threat Database.
– VCA - The destination was categorized by the Virtual Control Agent.
– None - The site was not assigned a category.
• Last Access - The date the destination was last visited.
The VCA / Manual Categorizations panel shows any destinations that have been re-categorized, either
by the VCA or by yourself from the Monitored Destinations tab in the Web Filter Manager. See
"Monitored Destinations tasks" on page 47 for more details on manually categorizing a destination
originally set as ‘Uncategorized’.
• Destination - Shows the URL for a categorized destination.
• Page - Shows the page level information for the destination.
• Category - Shows the VCA category for the destination.
• Categorization Method - The sources of categorization are as follows:
– Manual - The administrator has manually set the category of the destination. The category could
have been set to one of the SurfControl defined categories or a custom category. (See "Category
Object" on page 67 for more details).
– VCA - The destination was categorized by the Virtual Control Agent.
• Language - The language the destination was categorized in. See "VCA Settings Tab" on page 121
for details on the languages the VCA can categorize in.
Right-clicking any destination in the Monitored Destinations or VCA / Manual Categorizations panels
launches a menu with the following options.
• Categorize Selection - Perform a VCA run on the selected destination.
• Set Category - Manually set the category from the SurfControl Category list.
• Uncheck Selection - Removes the Checked status from a destination, which will then be checked
again in a VCA run.
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Remove Categorization - This option is only available in the VCA / Manual Categorizations panel.
This removes the manual categorization of a destination.
• Go To HTTP - Opens the selected site in a Web browser.
