Chapter 12 Content Filtering Screens

Table 56 SECURITY > CONTENT FILTER > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Matched Web Pages

Select Block to prevent users from accessing web pages that match the

 

categories that you select below.

 

When external database content filtering blocks access to a web page, it

 

displays the denied access message that you configured in the CONTENT

 

FILTER General screen along with the category of the blocked web page.

 

Select Log to record attempts to access prohibited web pages.

 

 

Unrated Web Pages

Select Block to prevent users from accessing web pages that the external

 

database content filtering has not categorized.

 

When the external database content filtering blocks access to a web page, it

 

displays the denied access message that you configured in the CONTENT

 

FILTER General screen along with the category of the blocked web page.

 

Select Log to record attempts to access web pages that are not categorized.

 

 

When Content Filter

Select Block to block access to any requested web page if the external

Server Is Unavailable

content filtering database is unavailable. The following are possible causes:

 

There is no response from the external content filtering server within the time

 

period specified in the Content Filter Server Unavailable Timeout field.

 

The ZyWALL is not able to resolve the domain name of the external content

 

filtering database.

 

There is an error response from the external content filtering database. This

 

can be caused by an expired content filtering registration (External content

 

filtering’s license key is invalid”).

 

Select Log to record attempts to access web pages that occur when the

 

external content filtering database is unavailable.

 

 

Content Filter Server

Specify a number of seconds (1 to 30) for the ZyWALL to wait for a response

Unavailable Timeout

from the external content filtering server. If there is still no response by the

 

time this period expires, the ZyWALL blocks or allows access to the

 

requested web page based on the setting in the Block When Content Filter

 

Server Is Unavailable field.

 

 

Enable Report Service

Select this option to record content filtering reports on myZyXEL.com. These

 

reports consist of generated statistics and charts of access attempts to web

 

sites belonging to the categories you selected in your content filter

 

configuration. Click Report to go to myZyXEL.com. Then do the following to

 

view the content filtering reports (see Chapter 13 on page 245 for details).

 

1. Log into myZyXEL.com and click your device’s link to open it’s Service

 

Management screen.

 

2. Click Content Filter in the Service Name field to open the Blue Coat

 

login screen.

 

3. Enter your ZyWALL's MAC address (in lower case) in the Name field.

 

You can find this MAC address in the Service Management screen

 

(Figure 161 on page 247). Type your myZyXEL.com account password

 

in the Password field and click Submit.

 

 

External Database

 

Service License Status

 

 

 

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