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Cisco AsyncOS 8.5.6 for Email User Guide
Chapter 15 URL Filtering
About URL Categories
Determining the Category of a URL
To look up the category of a particular URL, visit the site shown in
.
Reporting Uncategorized and Misclassified URLs
To report URLs that have been miscategorized, and URLs that are not categorized but should be, visit:
To check the status of submitted URLs, click the Status on Submitted URLs tab on this page.
Future URL Category Set Changes
Rarely, the set of URL categories may change as a result of emerging trends and technologies. For
example, a category may be added or removed, renamed, merged with another category, or split into two
categories. These changes can affect the results from existing filters, so if changes occur, the appliance
will send an alert (System type, Warning severity). If you receive such an alert, you should evaluate and
possibly update content and message filters to work with the updated categories. Existing filters will not
automatically be changed. To ensure that you receive these alerts, see
example, a category may be added or removed, renamed, merged with another category, or split into two
categories. These changes can affect the results from existing filters, so if changes occur, the appliance
will send an alert (System type, Warning severity). If you receive such an alert, you should evaluate and
possibly update content and message filters to work with the updated categories. Existing filters will not
automatically be changed. To ensure that you receive these alerts, see
The following changes do not require category set changes and will not generate alerts:
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Routine categorization of newly-categorized sites.
Unclassified
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Websites which are not in the Cisco database are
recorded as unclassified for reporting purposes. This
may include mistyped URLs.
recorded as unclassified for reporting purposes. This
may include mistyped URLs.
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Weapons
weap
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Information relating to the purchase or use of
conventional weapons such as gun sellers, gun
auctions, gun classified ads, gun accessories, gun
shows, and gun training; general information about
guns; other weapons and graphic hunting sites may
be included. Government military websites are
classified as “Government and Law.”
conventional weapons such as gun sellers, gun
auctions, gun classified ads, gun accessories, gun
shows, and gun training; general information about
guns; other weapons and graphic hunting sites may
be included. Government military websites are
classified as “Government and Law.”
www.coldsteel.com
www.gunbroker.com
Web Hosting
whst
1037
Website hosting; bandwidth services.
www.bluehost.com
www.godaddy.com
Web Page
Translation
Translation
tran
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Translation of web pages between languages.
babelfish.yahoo.com
translate.google.com
Web-Based Email
mail
1038
Public web-based email services. Websites enabling
individuals to access their company or
organization’s email service are classified as
“Organizational Email.”
individuals to access their company or
organization’s email service are classified as
“Organizational Email.”
mail.yahoo.com
www.hotmail.com
Table 15-1
URL Category
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Code Description
Example
URLs