When you click on the "Remote Settings" button in the main window, the following window will appear:
Overview of the controls of the "Remote Settings" window:
The "Apply" button accepts your settings. You will need to press the "Apply" button in the main window to tell the filter about your new settings.
The "Cancel" button closes the window without accepting your settings.
The "HTTP Proxy to use" field allows you to set the filter to perform all web accesses via an external proxy. You will need to set this field if your network setup requires access via an external HTTP proxy.
The "Remote Database URL" field tells the filter to read the good URL, bad URL and phrase database from an external website URL.
The "Remote Settings URL" field tells the filter to read the global filter settings from the specified text file external website URL.
The "Update Rate In Minutes" field, if non-zero, tells the filter to load the external settings and database at the specified rate.
Using Remote URL Databases
If you want the filter to load the custom lists from an external website, you must manually create 3 text files:
- 01badurl.txt - Your list of bad urls
- 01goodurl.txt - Your list of good urls
- 01badphr.txt - Your list of bad phrases
Upload these files to a directory in your intranet or internet website, and enter in the full URL of this directory in the "Remote Database URL" field in the "Remote Settings" window and specify a non-zero number of minutes for the filter to reload them in the "Update Rate In Minutes" field.
The filter will access your website automatically to see if the files have been modified. If they have been modified, the filter will download your database files and install them on the client computer.
Using Remote Settings
The Remote Settings feature is for advanced users of the filter. The URL specified in the "Remote Settings URL" field of the "Remote Settings" window must be a text file which contains the filter settings. To create this file, contact <jeffk@internetfilter.com> for details.
