To resolve the issue, you may create a DLP Identifier to block these kinds of letters. Select the expression you would like to block.
Create a DLP Data Identifier
- Navigate to Policy > Policy Objects > DLP Data Identifiers > Select Expression tab and click Add.
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- Provide a name and copy the string “([一-鿿]+)” without quotes, to the Expression field. Click Save. As an option, you may provide some description in the Description field, and you may also verify the expression by copying a Chinese subject line to the Test data field and clicking Test.
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If the test result is not correct, remove the pasted expression and create a new one with the following steps.
- (Optional) Access this Unicode Lookup site, and copy the character to the Keyword box in IMSVA Web UI.
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- Access this other Unicode Lookup site, and copy the character to the Keyword box as well.
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Refer to the screenshot in Step 2, add “(“,“[“, “-“, “]”,”+” and “)” accordingly to compose the expression.
Create a DLP Compliance Template
- Navigate to Policy > Policy Objects > DLP Compliance Templates and click Add.
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- Provide a name, select the DLP Data Identifier you just created, click Add and then Save.
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Add a new policy rule
- Navigate to Policy > Policy List, click Add and select Other.
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- Configure Senders and Recipients as needed.
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- In case some users need to receive Chinese mails from specific senders, configure the Exception.
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- Configure the scanning criteria to use the DLP Compliance Template just created.
- Check the checkbox next to DLP Compliance Templates and then click DLP Compliance Templates.
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- Select the DLP Compliance Template you just created and click “>>” button to add it to “Selected” field, then click Save.
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- Click Next.
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- Check the checkbox next to DLP Compliance Templates and then click DLP Compliance Templates.
- Configure the policy Action.
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- Name the rule and set its Order Number (priority). You may put it right under the antivirus rule and spam rule.
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- Save the changes. The final result will be the following:
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Below is a sample spam email containing unicode characters in Greek, Latin, and IPA Extension, which is why the policy to detect profanity keyword fails to work.
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To resolve the issue, create a DLP Identifier to block these accented letters. Please note that there are many other unicode types.
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On the product side, you may opt to block emails that contains any of these characters and you may expand it depending on how spammers combine these characters. The following procedure will use the sample mentioned above.
- Go to Policy > Policy Objects > DLP Data Identifiers.
- Select the Expression tab and click Add.
- Provide a name and copy the string "([Ͱ-Ͽ]+)" without quotes to the Expression field, then click Save.
The string came from the ([<first letter>-<last letter>] +) from the Greek and Coptic Unicodes.
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- Repeat Step 3 and copy the string "([ɐ-ʯ]+)" without quotes, to the Expression field, then click Save.
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- Create a DLP Compliance Template.
- Navigate to Policy > Policy Objects > DLP Compliance Templates and click Add.
- Provide a name, select the DLP Data Identifier you just created, click Add and then Save.
Below is an example wherein both DLP Compliance Templates are added into the policy.
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Here is a sample policy:
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- Test the policy to verify that the email with Greek or Latin character is quarantined.
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