SpIDer Gate
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SpIDer Gate |
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The component for monitoring network traffic and URLs SpIDer Gate is designed to check data (downloaded from the network to the local computer and to the network from the local host) for threats and to prevent connections with the network hosts, included to the unwanted categories of web resources and to the black lists defined by the administrator. To check whether any given URL belongs to any of the categories, the component not only uses the database of web resource categories, which is updated regularly from Doctor Web’s update servers, but also refers to the Dr.Web Cloud service. Doctor Web keeps track of the following web resources categories: •InfectionSource—websites containing malicious software (“infection sources”). •NotRecommended—fraudulent websites (that use “social engineering”) visiting which is not recommended. •AdultContent—websites containing adult content. •Violence—websites containing graphic violence. •Weapons—websites dedicated to weapons. •Gambling—gambling websites. •Drugs—websites dedicated to drugs. •ObsceneLanguage—websites containing obscene language. •Chats—chat websites. •Terrorism—websites dedicated to terrorism. •FreeEmail—websites of free email services. •SocialNetworks—social networking websites. •DueToCopyrightNotice—websites that were specified by the holders of copyrights pertaining to content or works protected by copyright law (movies, music, etc.). System administrator can specify the hosts accessing which is unwanted, based on the categories to which the hosts belong. Additionally, a user can configure one’s own black lists to block the access to the necessary hosts, and white lists, to allow the access. The access to the hosts of white lists will be allowed, even if the hosts belong to the unwanted categories. If there is no information about URLs in the local black lists and database of web resources categories, the component can refer to Dr.Web Cloud service to check for the information whether these URLs are malicious, which is received from other Dr.Web products on a real-time basis.
Within Dr.Web for UNIX server products SpIDer Gate can be used in an organization to create a “wall” between the company’s server, for example, the web server with public access, and the Internet, an external network, because by default the Dr.Web ICAPD component<%ICAP_NAME%> component performs functions of controlling user access. This component operates together with the proxy server providing Internet access from the local network.
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