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Configuring Parental Controls
Regulating Web browsing can prevent children and workers from accessing dangerous
content on the Internet, or having to make judgment calls over suitable relationships in chat-
rooms. The fact is, Web sites, chat-room users, and downloaded programs may not have
the best interests of you, your family, or your workers at heart. The unscrupulous may try to
manipulate the people you care about or try to gain trust, which may result in unacceptable
access to your family, your coworkers, your computer, or personal information.
Using the Parental Controls menu, you can prevent access to unwanted Web content by:
 Blocking sites and keywords. See page 142.
 Blocking services. See page 148.
 Blocking devices and access types. See page 152.
You can also define report filters and generate reports. See page 156.
Blocking Sites and Keywords, and Selecting Trusted Computers
Using the Managed Sites menu, you can restrict access to Web sites for non-trusted
computers on the network. This procedure involves the following steps:
1. Specify the sites to be blocked. See “Specifying Sites to be Blocked” on page 143.
2. Specify the keywords to be blocked. See “Specifying Keywords to be Blocked” on page
145.
3. Identify the trusted computers that are allowed to access the blocked Web sites and
keywords. See “Defining Trusted Computers” on page 147.
To display the Managed Sites menu, click Parental Control in the menu bar. Figure 84
shows an example of the Managed Sites menu.