ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

Table 90 Content Filter: Categories (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Humor/Jokes

Selecting this category excludes pages that primarily focus on comedy,

 

jokes, fun, etc. This may include pages containing jokes of adult or

 

mature nature. Pages containing humorous Adult/Mature content also

 

have an Adult/Mature category rating.

Streaming Media/MP3

Selecting this category excludes pages that sell, deliver, or stream music

 

or video content in any format, including pages that provide downloads for

 

such viewers.

Software Downloads

Selecting this category excludes pages that are dedicated to the

 

electronic download of software packages, whether for payment or at no

 

charge.

Pay to Surf

Selecting this category excludes pages that pay users in the form of cash

 

or prizes, for clicking on or reading specific links, email, or web pages.

For Kids

Selecting this category excludes pages designed specifically for children.

 

 

Web Advertisements

Selecting this category excludes pages that provide online

 

advertisements or banners. This does not include advertising servers that

 

serve adult-oriented advertisements.

Web Hosting

Selecting this category excludes pages of organizations that provide top-

 

level domain pages, as well as web communities or hosting services.

Advanced/Basic

Click Advanced to see an expanded list of categories, or click Basic to

 

see a smaller list.

Test Web Site Attribute

 

 

 

Test if Web site is blocked

You can check whether or not the content filter currently blocks any given

 

web page. Enter a web site URL in the text box.

Test Against Local Cache

Click this button to test whether or not the web site above is saved in the

 

ZyWALL’s database of restricted web pages.

Test Against Internet

Click this button to test whether or not the web site above is saved in the

Server

external content filter server’s database of restricted web pages.

Content Filter Service

This read-only field displays the status of your category-based content

Status

filtering (using an external database) service subscription.

 

License Inactive displays if you have not registered and activated the

 

category-based content filtering service.

 

License Active and the subscription expiration date display if you have

 

registered the ZyWALL and activated the category-based content filtering

 

service.

 

Trial Active and the trial subscription expiration date display if you have

 

registered the ZyWALL and activated the category-based content filtering

 

service.

 

License Inactive and the date your subscription expired display if your

 

subscription to the category-based content filtering service has expired.

 

Note: After you register for content filtering, you need to wait

 

up to five minutes for content filtering to be activated.

 

See Section 17.1 on page 294 for how to check the

 

content filtering activation.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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