Adding Items to the Cache Exclusion list

When caching is enabled, content downloaded via HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol. is stored for future requests to the same resource, reducing bandwidth consumption.

IMPORTANT

Backup ProxyConfig.xml before making any changes.

To exclude sites from having their content cached, add them to the CacheA location where GFI WebMonitor temporarily keeps downloaded files. This will speed up subsequent requests for the same file as GFI WebMonitor would serve the file directly from the cache instead of downloading it again. exclusion list as follows:

  1. Open ..\WebMonitor\Data\ProxyConfig.xml
  2. Add the sites to exclude between the CacheWhiteList tag. For example:

<CacheWhiteList>

<string>1.1.1.1</string>

<string>1.1.1.1</string>

<string>your_excluded_domain.com</string>

</CacheWhitelist>

  1. Save file.

NOTE

Changes are applied as soon as the file is saved.

NOTE

The following wildcards are supported:

  • * substitutes any number of characters in the string.
  • ? substitutes a single character in the string.
  • # substitutes a single digit in the string.