Whitelist of File Types
For increased security against files types containing malware, only specific file types can be uploaded to the system or accepted in an email attachment. These file types are "whitelisted" meaning the system only allows these file types to be uploaded.
When attempting to load a file type outside of the whitelist, the following system message will display:
The default whitelist of files types includes:
File Extension | Description |
---|---|
.log | Logfile |
.xml | Extensible Markup Language |
.png | Portable Network Graphics |
.zip | compressed file |
.txt | Text |
.docx | Microsoft Word document |
.wpd | WordPerfect document |
Portable Document Format (Adobe) | |
.rtf | Rich Text Format |
.xlsx | Microsoft Excel |
.pptx | Microsoft PowerPoint |
.jpg | Picture - Joint Photographic Expert Group |
.jpeg | Picture - Joint Photographic Expert Group |
.bmp | Picture - Microsoft Bitmap format |
.gif | Picture - Graphics Interchange Format |
.tif | Picture - tagged image format |
.tiff | Picture - tagged image format |
.wav | Audio - Windows Audio |
.mpg | Video and Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group |
.mpeg | Video and Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group |
.mp3 | Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group |
.mp4 | Video and/or Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group (may be audio or audio and video) |
.avi | Video and Audio - Microsoft Audio Video Interleave |
.mov | Video and Audio - Apple Quick Time |
.wmv | Video and Audio - Microsoft Windows Media Video |
.wma | Audio - Microsoft Windows Media Audio |
.htm | Hypertext Markup Language file |
.html | Hypertext Markup Language file |