Custom URLs and link text labels

The following variables can be used to rewrite URLs and link text labels with custom settings:

  • %NURI%: neutralized URL
  • %URI%: original URL
  • Using this variable may leave potentially malicious URLs exposed.
  • %LINKTEXT%: original link text label
  • Only available for HTML links.
  • %HOST%: domain name
  • %CATEGORY%: Forcepoint URL category name

The following table details examples of HTML links, HTML text, and plain text rewritten using the available variables.

Sample Link Variable Rewritten Link

HTML link:

<a href='http://www.malicious.com/index.php'>here</a>

 %URI% http://www.malicious.com/index.php
%NURI% hXXp://www.malicious[.]com/ index.php
%HOST% www.malicious.com
%CATEGORY% Adult Material
%LINKTEXT% here
HTML text only: http://www.malicious.com/index.php %URI% http://www.malicious.com/index.php
%NURI% hXXp://www.malicious[.]com/ index.php
%HOST% www.malicious.com
%CATEGORY% Adult Material
Plain text: http://www.malicious.com/index.php %URI% http://www.malicious.com/index.php
%NURI% hXXp://www.malicious[.]com/ index.php
%HOST% www.malicious.com
%CATEGORY% Adult Material