4	Configuring allowed and blocked websites

4.1	Introduction

Whitelists and blacklists are content scanning policies that override all policy settings set up in WebFilter and WebSecurity Editions.

The Whitelist is a list of sites, users and IPs approved by the administrator to be excluded from all policies configured in GFI WebMonitor. Besides the Permanent Whitelist, there is also a Temporary Whitelist, used to temporarily approve access to a site for a user or IP. Since all WebFilter and WebSecurity policies are overridden, the Whitelist feature should be used with extreme caution.

The Blacklist is a list of sites, users and IPs which should always be blocked irrespective of the policies are overridden, the Whitelist feature policies configured in GFI WebMonitor.

The Blacklist takes priority over the Whitelist in GFI WebMonitor. If a site is therefore listed in the Blacklist and that same site is listed in the Whitelist, the site will be blocked.