SonicOS 7 Rules and Policies
- SonicOS 7 Rules and Policies
- Access Rules
- Setting Firewall Access Rules
- About Stateful Packet Inspection Default Access Rules
- About Connection Limiting
- Using Bandwidth Management with Access Rules
- Configuring Access Rules
- Enabling and Disabling Access Rules
- Editing Access Rules
- Deleting Access Rules
- Restoring Access Rules to Default Settings
- Displaying Access Rule Traffic Statistics
- Access Rule Configuration Examples
- Setting Firewall Access Rules
- NAT Rules
- About NAT in SonicOS
- About NAT Load Balancing
- About NAT64
- About FQDN-based NAT
- About Source MAC Address Override
- Viewing NAT Policy Entries
- Adding or Editing NAT or NAT64 Policies
- Deleting NAT Policies
- Creating NAT Rule Policies: Examples
- Creating a One-to-One NAT Policy for Inbound Traffic
- Creating a One-to-One NAT Policy for Outbound Traffic
- Inbound Port Address Translation via One-to-One NAT Policy
- Inbound Port Address Translation via WAN IP Address
- Creating a Many-to-One NAT Policy
- Creating a Many-to-Many NAT Policy
- Creating a One-to-Many NAT Load Balancing Policy
- Creating a NAT Load Balancing Policy for Two Web Servers
- Creating a WAN-to-WAN Access Rule for a NAT64 Policy
- DNS Doctoring
- Routing Rules
- Content Filter Rules
- App Rules
- About App Rules
- Rules and Policies > App Rules
- Verifying App Rules Configuration
- App Rules Use Cases
- Creating a Regular Expression in a Match Object
- Policy-based Application Rules
- Logging Application Signature-based Policies
- Compliance Enforcement
- Server Protection
- Hosted Email Environments
- Email Control
- Web Browser Control
- HTTP Post Control
- Forbidden File Type Control
- ActiveX Control
- FTP Control
- Bandwidth Management
- Bypass DPI
- Custom Signature
- Reverse Shell Exploit Prevention
- Endpoint Rules
- SonicWall Support
Adding a Content Filter Rule
To add a Content Filter policy
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Navigate to POLICY | Rules and Policies > Content Filter Rules.
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Click +Add. The Add CFS Policy dialog displays.
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In the Name field, enter a friendly, meaningful name for the new policy.
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From the Source Zone drop-down menu, choose a zone.
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From the Destination Zone drop-down menu, choose a zone.
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From the Source Address Included drop-down menu, choose an address object or group to which the policy applies. The default is Any. You can create a new address object by choosing New Address Object; for information about creating an address object, see Configuring Addresses.
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From the Source Address Excluded drop-down menu, choose an address object or group which is excluded from the policy. The default is None. You can create a new address object by choosing New Address Object.
The included and excluded Source Address objects/groups provide flexibility within the same policy. For example, you can apply the policy to a large address range, while excluding a smaller subset of that range.
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From the User/Group Included drop-down menu, choose the user or group to which the policy applies. The default is All.
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From the User/Group Excluded drop-down menu, choose the user or group which is excluded from the policy. The default is None.
The included and excluded User/Groups provide flexibility within the same policy. For example, you can apply the policy to a large group, while excluding one user or a smaller subset of the group.
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From the Schedule drop-down menu, choose when the policy is in effect. The default is Always On. You also can create a customized schedule by choosing Create new Schedule; for information about creating a schedule, see SonicWall SonicOS System Setup.
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From the Profile drop-down menu, choose a CFS profile object. You also can create a new CFS profile object by choosing Create new Profile; for information about creating a CFS profile object, see Configuring Content Filter Objects.
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From the Action drop-down menu, choose a CFS action object. You also can create a new CFS action object by choosing New Action Object; for information about creating a CFS action object, see Managing CFS Action Objects.
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Click OK.
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