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Content Filtering

31.1 Overview

Use the content filtering feature to control access to specific web sites or web content.

31.1.1What You Can Do in the Content Filter Screens

Use the General screens (Section 31.2 on page 533) to configure global content filtering settings, configure content filtering policies, and check the content filtering license status.

Use the Filter Profile screens (Section 31.4 on page 536) to set up content filtering profiles.

Use the Cache screen (Section 31.7 on page 546) to view and configure your ZyWALL’s URL caching.

31.1.2What You Need to Know About Content Filtering

Content Filtering

Content filtering allows you to block certain web features, such as cookies, and/or block access to specific web sites. It can also block access to specific categories of web site content. You can create different content filter policies for different addresses, schedules, users or groups and content filter profiles. For example, you can configure one policy that blocks John Doe’s access to arts and entertainment web pages during the workday and another policy that lets him access them after work.

Content Filtering Policies

A content filtering policy allows you to do the following.

Use schedule objects to define when to apply a content filter profile.

Use address and/or user/group objects to define to whose web access to apply the content filter profile.

Apply a content filter profile that you have custom-tailored.

Content Filtering Profiles

A content filtering profile conveniently stores your custom settings for the following features.

Category-based Blocking

The ZyWALL can block access to particular categories of web site content, such as pornography or racial intolerance.

Restrict Web Features

 

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