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Allow and Block Lists

  • Create Allow and Block Lists
    This article covers the what, why, and how of Allow and Block lists, the section of Filtering Policies to customize what end-users can and cannot access. Use Allow and Block lists to completely con...
  • Allow List-only Filtering Policy
    This article covers how to enable an Allow List-only Filtering Policy, a configuration that blocks all domains by default and allows access only to domains added to the Allow List. This method func...
  • Sites wrongly blocked
    This article covers how to diagnose and correct a site that is blocked but should be allowed under the applied Filtering Policy.Receiving a block notificationIf a block page notification appears fo...
  • Sites wrongly allowed
    This article covers how to diagnose and correct a site that is wrongly allowed under a Filtering Policy.When websites are wrongly allowed, there are three possible areas of causation: A device iss...
  • CIPA compliance for educational institutions
    Educational institutions governed by the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) must implement technical measures to block access to harmful content and promote safe internet use among minors.DN...
  • Create a Universal Allow or Block List
    Universal Lists is a feature that lets Organizations configure a blanket Allow List or Block List that spans across all Filtering Policies. Account users with admin permissions or higher can add in...
  • Network Error while updating Allow or Block Lists
    Account users with admin permissions or higher use this article to resolve a network error when updating Allow, Block, or Universal Lists. When the Allow, Block, or Universal List returns a network...
  • Allow or Block List changes not saving
    Account users with admin permissions or higher use this article to resolve an issue where the dashboard spins indefinitely after selecting Save when adding a domain to an Allow List or Block List.U...
  • Set policies for internationalized domain names
    Account users with admin permissions or higher use this article to add Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) to Allow and Block Lists using Punycode.IDNs represent domain names in non-Latin or exte...

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