General settings

Global settings for the LANCOM Content Filter are made here:

LANconfig: Content Filter / General

WEBconfig: LCOS Menu Tree / Setup / UTM / Content-Filter / Global-Settings

• Operating This is where you can activate the LANCOM Content Filter.
• Action-on-Error: This is where you can determine what should happen when an error occurs. For example, if the rating server cannot be contacted, this setting either allows the user to surf without restrictions or access to the web is blocked entirely. Possible values:
  • Block, Pass
  Default:
  • Block
• Action on license exceedance: This is where you can determine what should happen when the licensed number of users is exceeded. Users are identified by their IP address. The system keeps count of the IP addresses that connect via the LANCOM Content Filter. When the eleventh user establishes a connection with a 10-user license, no further checking is performed by the LANCOM  Content Filter. Depending on this setting, the unlicensed user can either surf the web without restrictions, or access to the web is blocked entirely. Possible values:
  • Block, Pass
  Default:
  • Block
  Anmerkung: The users of the content filter are automatically removed from the user list when no connection has been made from the IP address concerned via the content filter for 5 minutes.
• Action-on-License-Expiration: The license to use the LANCOM Content Filter is valid for a certain period. You will be reminded of the license expiry date 30 days, one week and one day before it actually expires (at the e-mail address configured in LANconfig: Log & Trace / General). This is where you can specify what should happen when the license expires (i.e. block everything or allow everything through). After the license expires, this setting either allows the user to surf the web without restrictions, or access to the web is blocked entirely. Possible values:
  • Block, Pass
  Default:
  • Block
  Anmerkung: In order for the reminder to be sent to the specified e-mail address, you must configure the SMTP account.
• Max. proxy connections This setting is for the maximum allowable number of simultaneous proxy connections. This limits the load that can be placed on the system. A notification is sent if this number should be exceeded. You can set the type of notification under Content filter > Options > Events. Possible values:
  • 0 to 999999 connections
  Default:
  • Depends on device
• Proxy processing timeout Specifies the maximum time in milliseconds that the proxy can take for processing. A timeout error page is displayed if this time is exceeded. Possible values:
  • 0 to 999999 milliseconds
  Default:
  • 3000 milliseconds
  Special values:
  • The value 0 sets no time limit. Values less than 100 milliseconds make no sense.
• Save content filter information to flash ROM activated If you enable this option, you can additionally save the content filter information to the flash ROM memory of the device. Default:
  • Deactivated