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This chapter provides an overview of content filtering.

12.1 Content Filtering Overview

Content filtering allows you to block certain web features, such as Cookies, and/or block access to specific websites. With content filtering, you can do the following:

12.1.1 Restrict Web Features

The ZyWALL can block web features such as ActiveX controls, Java applets, cookies and disable web proxies.

12.1.2 Create a Filter List

You can select categories, such as pornography or racial intolerance, to block from a predefined list.

12.1.3 Customize Web Site Access

You can specify URLs to which the ZyWALL blocks access. You can alternatively block access to all URLs except ones that you specify. You can also have the ZyWALL block access to URLs that contain key words that you specify.

12.2 Content Filtering with an External Database

When you register for and enable external database content filtering, your ZyWALL accesses an external database that has millions of web sites categorized based on content. You can have the ZyWALL block, block and/or log access to web sites based on these categories. The content filtering lookup process is described below.

 

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