Content Filtering

In order to deliver a robust and complete content filtering solution, Netspeed employs the SonicWALL Content Filtering Service. SonicWALL Content Filtering Service provides the ideal combination of control and flexibility to ensure the highest levels of protection and productivity. SonicWALL CFS prevents individual users from accessing inappropriate content while reducing organizational liability and increasing productivity.

SonicWALL CFS allows enforcement of User Level Authentication (ULA) by requiring individuals to log on to the corporate network with their username and password. Administrators are given complete control over who may or may not access the Internet, further enhancing organizational control, protection and productivity. This innovative solution uses Cerberian's comprehensive URL database to instantly sort questionable or inappropriate sites into 12 categories. The network administrator applies policies to each category, enforcing the desired levels of access for groups and individuals. Approval or denial of access can be made by category, individual, or time of day.

This flexibility allows organizations to easily maximize productivity while protecting users and the organization against objectionable content. When a network user requests a URL or Web site, SonicWALL CFS captures that destination and checks it against its immense database. If the user does not have permission to access this type of material, denial is enforced. The entire process, from request to denial or permission, takes only a fraction of a second.

Driven by a powerful new rating and caching architecture, SonicWALL CFS is an enterprise-grade service that rates and filters millions of URLs, IP addresses and Web sites. Ratings for acceptable Web sites are cached within the SonicWALL appliances for instantaneous access.

Administered through an intuitive interface, SonicWALL CFS enables filtering and control to take place directly over a LAN, WLAN or VPN. The innovative rating and caching architecture and remarkable speed of SonicWALL CFS combined with the power and scalability of SonicWALL appliances delivers an integrated, easy-to-use, manageable solution for networks of any size.

Filtering Categories

• Adult/Mature Content/Pornography
• Sex Education
• Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit
• Nudism
• Alcohol/Tobacco
• Criminal Skills/Illegal Skills
• Drugs/Illegal drugs
• Gambling
• Hate/Racism
• Violence
• Weapons
• Cult/Occult

SONICWALL CONTENT FILTERING SERVICE ARCHITECTURE



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