Filter
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ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide
283 Chapter 16 Content Filtering Screens
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
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.
Content Filter Service
Status
This read-only field displays the status of your category-based content
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 290 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.
Table 90 Content Filter: Categories (continued)
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