Content Filtering; Overview; What You Can Do In The Content Filter Screens; What You Need To Know About Content Filtering - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL USG 100 Series User Manual

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32.1 Overview

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

32.1.1 What You Can Do in the Content Filter Screens

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

32.1.2 What You Need to Know About Content Filtering

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 entertainment 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.
Content Filtering Profiles
A content filtering profile conveniently stores your custom settings for the following features.
• Category-based Blocking
The ZyWALL can block access to particular categories of web site content, such as
pornography or racial intolerance.
• Restrict Web Features
ZyWALL USG 100/200 Series User's Guide

Content Filtering

(Section 32.2 on page 541) to configure global content filtering
(Section 32.4 on page
(Section 32.7 on page 556) to view and configure your ZyWALL's
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