How to create white and black lists with the MikroTik Content Filter
This video provides a step by step visual guide on how to whitelist a host that falls into a category on your block list and conversely, how to blacklist a host that falls into a category that you allow.
How do I create exceptions that override my Category Blocking?
Exceptions are done with the use of whitelisting and blacklisting the desired Domain, host and IP’s.
The whitelisting and blacklisting option empowers you to do more manual override configurations, over and above the category blocking policies.
For example, blocking the movies category and only allowing Netflix access by adding netflix.com to the whitelist, or by allowing the category social media and only blocking facebook.com by adding it to the blacklist.
How To: Configure override exceptions
- Login to your Enforcer Profile
- From the landing page, click on “Configure Category Blocking” under Content Filtering, also accessible from the drop down menu.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “Exception List”
- Click on the plus sign “+” under either the whitelist or blacklist and enter the domain or IP subnet in the required field, You may enter a “Comment” if you would like to add any extra information
- Remember to click “update Expectations”
Can I create exceptions to categories that I have blocked?
Absolutely. The Enforcer allows you to create whitelists and blacklists that will override your cat block configs.