User-based filtering (UBF) will enable IT administrators to apply customised filter rules to individuals, classes, groups, and clubs. You can also choose to allocate specific times at which websites can be accessed. It also allows admin’s to run filtering reports within RM SafetyNet for specific users.
The AD Sync service will synchronise with a school’s Active Directory users into RM Unify and then populate RM SafetyNet.
The steps to get this working are:
- The school needs to decide which groups of users are to be UBF enabled.
- All users are then added to a newly created UBF security group in AD.
- The Ad Sync tools need to be installed on the school’s server and registered with RM Unify (this requires the school’s RM Unify admin credentials)
- The AD sync tool then needs to be configured which will create the users in RM Unify
- The link between RM Unify and RM SafetyNet then needs to be configured to create the users in RM SafetyNet
- All the UBF enabled users must then be forced to change their network passwords to force their corresponding RM Unify and RM SafetyNet accounts to all have the exact same password.
- Finally, the last step is to change the proxy settings for the UBF enabled users so that they access the internet using the UBF proxy.