Overview
When configuring a policy, or editing existing Content Settings, there are several options to choose from. This article outlines which categories are included in the preset High, Moderate, and Low content categories, as well as a description of each category in a bit more detail. If you'd like to set your own Content Category list, the Custom option is available.
Content Category Settings
The following are the list of categories included in each of the preset High, Moderate, and Low Content Settings. These categories are only available in the policy setup wizard, under the "Limit Content Access" section.
High Moderate Low Adult Themes Adware Pornography Adware Alcohol Proxy/Anonymizer Dating Sexuality Alcohol Drugs Tasteless Chat Gambling Classifieds Hate/Discrimination Dating Lingerie/Bikini Drugs Nudity File Storage Pornography Forums/Message boards Proxy/Anonymizer Gambling Sexuality Games Tasteless Hate/Discrimination Weapons Instant Messaging Lingerie/Bikini Nudity P2P/File sharing Photo Sharing Pornography Proxy/Anonymizer Sexuality Social Networking Tasteless Video Sharing Visual Search Engines Weapons Webmail
The definition of each category is as follows. Note this list is also available here:
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Category Descriptions
Academic Fraud
Sites that promote educational fraud, including but not limited to plagiarism and cheating.
Adult Themes
Sites that are adult in nature and are not defined in other rating categories.
Note: This category should only be turned on if you want to be very restrictive on your network.
Adware
Sites that distribute applications which display advertisements without user's knowledge or choice. Does NOT include sites which serve advertising.
Advertising
Sites that serve advertising. This category is specifically aimed at identifying ad servers. Note: not available as a filter at this time.
Alcohol
Sites about alcohol use, commercial and otherwise.
Anime/Manga/Webcomic
Sites that host online comics, cartoons, and graphic novels.
Auctions
Sites for buying and selling via auction.
Automotive
Sites about automobiles, including manufacturers, news, reviews and hobbyist information.
Blogs
Sites that are personal or group journals, diaries or publications.
Business Services
Sites for corporations and businesses of all sizes, especially company websites.
Chat
Sites where you can chat in real-time with groups of people. Includes IRC and video chat sites.
Classifieds
Sites for buying and selling (or bartering) goods and services. Includes sites with real estate and housing listings.
Dating
Sites for meeting other people.
Drugs
Sites about illegal or recreational drug use.
Ecommerce/Shopping
Sites that are online stores for products and services.
Educational Institutions
Sites for schools, covering all age levels and types.
File Storage
Sites that offer space for hosting, sharing and backup of digital files.
Financial Institutions
Sites for banks, brokerages, trusts, and other financial organizations.
Forums/Message boards
Sites with discussions, including bulletin boards, message boards and forums.
Gambling
Sites that offer gambling or information about gambling.
Games
Sites that offer game play and information about games (news, tips, cheat codes).
Government
Sites operated by government agencies, including city, state, regional, county and federal levels. Also includes .mil domains.
Hate/Discrimination
Sites that promote intolerance based on gender, age, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or other group identities.
Health and Fitness
Sites that offer information about health care and health services. Includes fitness related sites and information about health and fitness.
Humor
Sites that are intended to be funny or humorous.
Instant Messaging
Sites that offer access or software to communicate in real-time with other individuals.
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
The Internet Watch Foundation category covers sites that contain child sexual abuse content. For more information on enabling this category, read here.
Jobs/Employment
Sites that offer job listings, resume services, interview coaching and similar employment-related services.
Lingerie/Bikini
Sites displaying or dedicated to lingerie/bikini that could be considered adult-only.
Movies
Sites that promote movies or offer movie watching online.
Music
Sites about music, including news, band and fan information.
News/Media
Sites that offer news and information, including newspapers, broadcasters and other publishers.
Non-Profits
Sites for non-profit or charity organizations and services.
Nudity
Sites that provide images or representations of nudity.
P2P/File sharing
Sites that facilitate the sharing of digital files between individuals, especially through peer-to-peer software, including torrent sites.
Parked Domains
Sites that are placeholders "parked" for future use. Current uses may include single-page advertising sites.
Photo Sharing
Sites for sharing photographs, as individual images, galleries, and albums.
Podcasts
Sites that offer podcasts, digital media files distributed over the Internet, often using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers. Both audio and video podcasts are included.
Politics
Sites about politics, politicians, political parties and organizations. Government sites are separate.
Pornography
Anything relating to pornography, including mild depiction, soft pornography or hard-core pornography.
Portals
Sites that offer gateways to the Internet as a whole, often including bundled services on their own site.
Proxy/Anonymizer
Sites providing proxy bypass information or services. Also, sites that allow the user to surf the net anonymously, including sites that allow the user to send anonymous emails.
Radio
Sites that offer online radio listening or promote radio stations.
Religious
Sites about religion, religious teachings and groups, and spirituality.
Research/Reference
Sites such as encyclopedias, dictionaries as well as other research-related resources.
Search Engines
Sites that offer result listings based on keywords.
Sexuality
Sites that provide information, images or implications of bondage, sadism, masochism, fetish, beating, body piercing or self-mutilation. This category is not intended for LGBT-related sites that do not fall under the aforementioned criteria.
Social Networking
Sites that promote interaction and networking between people.
Software/Technology
Sites about computing, hardware, and technology, including news, information, code and vendor information.
Sports
Sites about sports of all kinds, from professional to amateur, from news to league information and schedules. Includes Martial Arts and MMA related sites.
Tasteless
Sites that contain information on such subjects as mutilation, torture, horror, or the grotesque. Includes Pro-Anorexia and Pro-Suicide related sites.
Television
Sites that promote television shows or offer television watching online.
Tobacco
Sites about tobacco use and related products, commercial and otherwise.
Travel
Sites with travel information and services, including reservations for airlines, cars, hotels, vacations, and trips.
URL Shortener
An online application or service that converts a regular URL into a condensed format.
Video Sharing
Sites for sharing video content.
Visual Search Engines
Sites for searching for images based on keywords.
Weapons
Sites about weapons, commercial and otherwise.
Web Spam
Redirect targets containing unwanted Sweepstakes/Survey/Advertisements for free merchandise, pharmaceutical spam or rolex distributions.
Webmail
Sites that offer the ability to send or receive email.