How to find out the CFS rating of a website?

06/27/2023 1,391 People found this article helpful 496,538 Views

Description

There are multiple ways to check the content filter rating of a website. This article shows how to check it from a GEN6, GEN7, and using the SonicWall Content Filter rating website and SonicWall Capture Lab Portal.

Resolution

Resolution for SonicOS 7.X

This release includes significant user interface changes and many new features that are different from the SonicOS 6.5 and earlier firmware. The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 7.X firmware.

Login to the firewall
Navigate to DEVICE | Diagnostics | URL Rating Request
Insert the URL into Lookup Rating for URL field
Click GO
The result will be displayed

Alternatively, you can navigate to the URL http://cfssupport.sonicwall.com/Support/web/eng/newui/viewRating.jsp

Or https://capturelabs.sonicwall.com/m/feature/security-center SonicWall Capture Labs

Navigate to Lookup Tools | Content Filtering
Insert the URL into the VIEW URL RATING field.
Insert the captcha
Click Submit.
The results will be displayed

Resolution for SonicOS 6.5

This release includes significant user interface changes and many new features that are different from the SonicOS 6.2 and earlier firmware. The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 6.5 firmware.

Login to the firewall
Navigate to INVESTIGATE | Tools | System Diagnostics
Select the option CFS Tools in the Diagnostic Tools drop-down.
Insert the URL into the Lookup Rating for URL field
Click Submit
The results will be displayed

Alternatively, you can navigate to the URL http://cfssupport.sonicwall.com/Support/web/eng/newui/viewRating.jsp

Or https://capturelabs.sonicwall.com/m/feature/security-center SonicWall Capture Labs