Scanpaths are lists of module instances and some settings (trickling mode, quarantining, and so on) specific to the given scanpath. Traffic directed to a scanpath is inspected by the module instances specified in the scanpath. Scanpaths can include both stream and file modules, but always the stream modules process the data first.

Scanpaths can be managed (created, deleted and edited) from the Scanpath section of the Configuration tab of the Content Filtering MC component. To configure a new scanpath, the following procedure must be completed: