The Criteria dropdown menu defines the conditions to which a Filtering Policy applies. You can select specific criteria to fine-tune which users, devices or traffic types a policy includes or excludes.
How Criteria Work
- When you select one criterion, the policy applies to everything that matches it.
- When you select multiple criteria, the policy applies only when all selected conditions are true.
- If you select both Group and Network as criteria, the policy only applies to users in that group and on that IP subnet.
Criteria Types
Some criteria only work with Linewize Filter Appliance.
Filtering Policy criteria currently only support IPv4.
| Criterion | Description | Appliance | Cloud-only |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network Range | Apply the policy to a specified range of IPv4 addresses. | Yes | No |
| MAC Address | Apply the policy to a device based on its unique hardware (MAC) address. | Yes | No |
| Network | Apply the policy to a specific IP subnet. | Yes | No |
| IP Address | Apply the policy to an individual IPv4 address. | Yes | No |
| Device Type | Apply the policy based on device type (for example, Chrome OS, Windows, or Apple iPad). | Yes | No |
| IP Address Object | Use a list of IPv4 addresses grouped from an Object Pool . | Yes | No |
| MAC Address Object | Use a list of MAC addresses grouped from an Object Pool . | Yes | No |
| Time Periods | Apply the policy only during specified times within a Time Period . | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type | Apply the policy to traffic that matches a specific Regex pattern. | Yes | Yes |
| User Agent | Apply the policy when the browser extension or the application user agent string matches a specific Regex pattern. | Yes | Yes |
| HTTP Request Path | Apply the policy based on the path portion of a URL. | Yes | Yes |
| User | Apply the policy to a specific user. | Yes | Yes |
| Group | Apply the policy to a specific group. | Yes | Yes |
| Exclude Group | Exclude a group from the policy. | Yes | Yes |