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Module for opening objects embedded in HTML pages

A rule in an HTML filtering rule set can call an opener module to open objects embedded in HTML pages to make them accessible for filtering. This section explains how to configure settings for this module.

Configure the HTML opener

You can configure settings for the module that opens objects embedded in HTML pages.

  1. Go to Policy | Settings.
  2. On the Engines branch of the settings tree, go to Enable.HTMLOpener and select the settings you want to configure, for example, HTML Filtering.
  3. Configure these settings as needed.
  4. Click Save Changes.
HTML Opener engine settings

You can configure the HMTL Opener engine settings. These are settings for the module that opens objects embeded in HTML pages to make them accessible for filtering.

Note: These settings can be configured on the Settings tab of the Policy top-level menu.

HTML Opener Configuration

Settings for the HMTL opener

(HTML Opener list) — List of objects embedded in an HTML page that the module should open

The following table describes the list entries.
 

Option Definition
Node name Type of an object that the HTML opener should open.
Only open start tags When selected, the HTML opener opens only starts tags, which contain the attributes that are checked by the rules.
 
Comment Plain-text comment on the element

 

Only open elements that refer to external sources — When selected, the HTML opener opens only these elements, for example, when pictures are transmitted from an external server

You can select this option if you think that HTML pages stored on the local server can be trusted and need not have elements removed.

 

 

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