B Web Filter Service

Detailed information about the Filter Service subscription service used to control access to web sites by categories. This service is offered in partnership with SurfControl, a market leading content filtering product.

Overview

The Web Filter Service is a subscription content filtering service that provides web content filtering based on web site category classifications. This service is operated in partnership with SurfControl, a provider of content filtering services.

On the X family device, all requests for web sites within a particular category are allowed or blocked depending on how the category is configured for the Web Filter Service. You can configure Web Filter Service category settings from the Web Filtering Service page (Firewall > Web Filtering) in the LSM. For details, see “Web Filter Service” on page 90.

The Web Filter Service provides two main categories for filters:

Core Categories

For details on what types of website are included in each core category, see “Core Categories” on page 282.

Productivity Categories

For details on what types of web sites are included in each productivity category, see “Productivity Categories” on page 284.

In order to use the Web Filter Service, you need to purchase a license for the service. For details, see “Purchasing a Web Filter License” on page 289.

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