SonicWALL 2200 manual Understanding the *Default Policy

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Understanding the *Default Policy

The SonicWALL CSM includes a pre-configured *Default Policy with pre-defined Web Filter Category Sets. The default settings are automatically applied when you add users from the network segment protected by the SonicWALL CSM, unless you assign a custom filtering policy to them.

You can use the *Default Policy and its pre-configured Web Filter Category Sets as a base-line defense, providing the highest level of content filtering to all users. The *Default Policy is initially configured to block the most common objectionable content categories, including:

•Adult Content - Sites that contain material of adult nature that may or may not contain excessive violence, sexual content, or nudity. These sites include profane or vulgar content and sites that are not appropriate for children.

•Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco - Sites that promote or offer alcohol/tobacco products for sale, or provide the means to create them. Also includes sites that glorify, tout, or other wise encourage the consumption of alcohol or tobacco. Sites that promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the illegal use, cultivation, manufacture, or distribution of drugs, pharmaceuticals, intoxicating plants or chemicals and their related paraphernalia. Does not include sites that sell alcohol or tobacco as a subset of other products.

•Racism/Hate/violence/Weapons - Sites that depict extreme physical harm to people or property, or that advocate or provide instructions on ways to cause such harm. Also includes sites that advocate, depict hostility or aggression toward, or denigrate an individual or group based on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, or other involuntary characteristics.

•Safe Search Enforcement - Enables the strictest filtering on all searches on search engines like Google and Yahoo that offer some form of safe-search filtering.

Note: Refer to the SonicOS CF 2.5 Administrator’s Guide for a detailed description of all SonicWALL Content Filtering Service *Default Policy categories, including instructions on modifying the *Default Policy and creating new policies with customized Web and application filters.