Content Filtering; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications ZYWALL USG 20 Manual

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30.1 Overview

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

30.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use the General screens
content filtering settings, configure content filtering policies, and check the
content filtering license status.
• Use the Filter Profile screens
filtering profiles.

30.1.2 What You Need to Know

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 ainment 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.
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(Section 30.2 on page 489) to configure global
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