Content Filtering

SonicWall offers comprehensive web content security that blocks selected web content and enforces protection and productivity policies. Content Filtering Service (CFS) protects the devices behind the firewall and provides administrators with the means to define and manage policies for groups or individual users. SonicWall CFS is available under POLICY | Security Services| Content Filtering.

Before configuring Content Filtering make sure CFS is enabled and the database is loaded and the server is ready to go. For more information on Content Filtering refer to SonicOS 8 Content Filtering Administration Guide.

The following content filtering categories are blocked by default. Blocking these categories provides a minimum baseline of protection:

For a complete list of categories refer to Content Filtering Rating Categories.