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Chapter 12 Content Filtering Screens

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Sports/Recreation/Hobbies Selecting this category excludes pages that promote or provide

information about spectator sports, recreational activities, or hobbies.

This includes pages that discuss or promote camping, gardening, and

collecting.

Travel

Selecting this category excludes pages that promote or provide

opportunity for travel planning, including finding and making travel

reservations, vehicle rentals, descriptions of travel destinations, or

promotions for hotels or casinos.

Vehicles

Selecting this category excludes pages that provide information on or

promote vehicles, boats, or aircraft, including pages that support online

purchase of vehicles or parts.

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.

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.

Peer-to-Peer

Selecting this category excludes pages that distribute software to

facilitate the direct exchange of files between users, including software

that enables file search and sharing across a network without

dependence on a central server.

Streaming Media/MP3s

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

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

such viewers.

Proxy Avoidance

Selecting this category excludes pages that provide information on how

to bypass proxy server/appliance features or gain access to URLs in any

way that bypasses the proxy server/appliance. It also includes any

service that will allow a person to bypass the content filtering feature,

such as anonymous surfing services.

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

Server

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

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

Table 78 SECURITY > CONTENT FILTER > Categories (continued)

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Advertising