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AsyncOS 8.5 for Cisco Web Security Appliances User Guide
Chapter 8 Classify URLs for Policy Application
Filtering Adult Content
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Filtering Adult Content
You can configure the Web Security appliance to filter adult content from some web searches and
websites. To enforce safe search and site content ratings, the AVC engine takes advantage of the safe
mode feature implemented at a particular website by rewriting URLs and/or web cookies to force the
safety mode to be on.
websites. To enforce safe search and site content ratings, the AVC engine takes advantage of the safe
mode feature implemented at a particular website by rewriting URLs and/or web cookies to force the
safety mode to be on.
The following features filter adult content:
Note
Any Access Policy that has either the safe search or site content ratings feature enabled is considered a
safe browsing Access Policy.
safe browsing Access Policy.
Enforcing Safe Searches and Site Content Ratings
Step 1
Choose Web Security Manager > Access Policies.
Step 2
Click the link under the URL Categories column for an Access Policy group or the Global Policy Group.
Step 3
When editing a user-defined Access Policy, choose Define Content Filtering Custom Settings in the
Content Filtering section.
Content Filtering section.
Step 4
Click the Enable Safe Search check box to enable the safe search feature.
Step 5
Choose whether to block users from search engines that are not currently supported by the Web Security
appliance safe search feature.
appliance safe search feature.
Step 6
Click the Enable Site Content Rating check box to enable the site content ratings feature.
Step 7
Choose whether to block all adult content from the supported content ratings websites or to display the
end-user URL filtering warning page.
end-user URL filtering warning page.
Note
When the URL of one of the supported search engines or supported content ratings websites is included
in a custom URL category with the Allow action applied, no search results are blocked and all content
is visible.
in a custom URL category with the Allow action applied, no search results are blocked and all content
is visible.
Option
Description
Enforce safe searches
You can configure the Web Security appliance so that outgoing search
requests appear to search engines as safe search requests. This can
prevent users from bypassing acceptable use policies using search
engines.
requests appear to search engines as safe search requests. This can
prevent users from bypassing acceptable use policies using search
engines.
Enforce site content ratings
Some content sharing sites allow users to restrict their own access to the
adult content on these sites by either enforcing their own safe search
feature or blocking access to adult content, or both. This classification
feature is commonly called content ratings.
adult content on these sites by either enforcing their own safe search
feature or blocking access to adult content, or both. This classification
feature is commonly called content ratings.