Question
How can you block a specific file type without blocking everything by extension?
Answer
In order to block a specific file type without blocking everything by extension, several conditions need to be filled. Let's look at the following example using the Perl scripts file type and its .PL extension.
- Create a new block security rule.
- In the “True Content Type” condition, select text file. (Perl scripts are downloaded as text files.) Please see the picture below.
- In the File Extension condition, select PL extension. This ensures that the rule will be enforced only if the file has a Perl script content type and also .PL extension. Please see the picture below.
Software Version
8.3.X
- This article applies to:
- NG 1000
- NG 5000
- NG 8000
- This article was previously published as:
- Finjan KB 1144