An extensive, well-functioning, categorizing URL filter is a fundamental service in relation to information security. In the lack of the URL filter, any unwanted network traffic puts additional load on any security gateway. In addition, by using a proper URL filter we can reduce the access to any content that poses potential threat to our company network.

The PNS Gateway provides an even more extensive URL filter from version 7.0.5 on, but for its proper functioning, it is necessary to manually match the new filter categories with the categories defined in the previous version of the URL filter. Following the update to PNS Gateway version 7.0.5, the filter categories defined in the previous version are still present in the configuration, but will be grouped to the uncategorized elements. For the elements of the 'uncategorized' category, the operations defined for this group earlier apply (for example, acceptance, prohibition, redirection). If it is not configured otherwise, the elements will be accepted.

It is also important to consider that the handling of whitelist/blacklist has also changed.