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AsyncOS 9.1.2 for Cisco Email Security Appliances User Guide
Chapter 15 URL Filtering
About URL Categories
• Determining the Category of a URL, page 15-21
• Reporting Uncategorized and Misclassified URLs, page 15-21
• Future URL Category Set Changes, page 15-22
URL Category Descriptions
These URL categories are the same categories that are used on recent releases of AsyncOS for Web
Security appliances.
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URL Category
Abbrevia-
tion Code Description Example URLs
Adult adlt 1006 Directed at adults, but not necessarily pornographic.
May include adult clubs (strip clubs, swingers clubs,
escort services, strippers); general information
about sex, non-pornographic in nature; genital
piercing; adult products or greeting cards;
information about sex not in the context of health or
disease.
www.adultentertainmentexpo
.com
www.adultnetline.com
Advertisements adv 1027 Banner and pop-up advertisements that often
accompany a web page; other advertising websites
that provide advertisement content. Advertising
services and sales are classified as “Business and
Industry.”
www.adforce.com
www.doubleclick.com
Alcohol alc 1077 Alcohol as a pleasurable activity; beer and wine
making, cocktail recipes; liquor sellers, wineries,
vineyards, breweries, alcohol distributors. Alcohol
addiction is classified as “Health and Nutrition.”
Bars and restaurants are classified as “Dining and
Drinking.”
www.samueladams.com
www.whisky.com
Arts art 1002 Galleries and exhibitions; artists and art;
photography; literature and books; performing arts
and theater; musicals; ballet; museums; design;
architecture. Cinema and television are classified as
“Entertainment.”
www.moma.org
www.nga.gov
Astrology astr 1074 Astrology; horoscope; fortune telling; numerology;
psychic advice; tarot.
www.astro.com
www.astrology.com
Auctions auct 1088 Online and offline auctions, auction houses, and
classified advertisements.
www.craigslist.com
www.ebay.com