User Guide

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AsyncOS 9.1.2 for Cisco Email Security Appliances User Guide
Chapter 15 URL Filtering
About URL Categories
Government and
Law
gov 1011 Government websites; foreign relations; news and
information relating to government and elections;
information relating to the field of law, such as
attorneys, law firms, law publications, legal
reference material, courts, dockets, and legal
associations; legislation and court decisions; civil
rights issues; immigration; patents and copyrights;
information relating to law enforcement and
correctional systems; crime reporting, law
enforcement, and crime statistics; military, such as
the armed forces, military bases, military
organizations; anti-terrorism.
www.usa.gov
www.law.com
Hacking hack 1050 Discussing ways to bypass the security of websites,
software, and computers.
www.hackthissite.org
www.gohacking.com
Hate Speech hate 1016 Websites promoting hatred, intolerance, or
discrimination on the basis of social group, color,
religion, sexual orientation, disability, class,
ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity;
sites promoting racism; sexism; racist theology; hate
music; neo-Nazi organizations; supremacism;
Holocaust denial.
www.kkk.com
www.nazi.org
Health and
Nutrition
hlth 1009 Health care; diseases and disabilities; medical care;
hospitals; doctors; medicinal drugs; mental health;
psychiatry; pharmacology; exercise and fitness;
physical disabilities; vitamins and supplements; sex
in the context of health (disease and health care);
tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, and gambling in
the context of health (disease and health care); food
in general; food and beverage; cooking and recipes;
food and nutrition, health, and dieting; cooking,
including recipe and culinary websites; alternative
medicine.
www.health.com
www.webmd.com
Humor lol 1079 Jokes, sketches, comics and other humorous content.
Adult humor likely to offend is classified as “Adult.”
www.humor.com
www.jokes.com
Illegal Activities ilac 1022 Promoting crime, such as stealing, fraud, illegally
accessing telephone networks; computer viruses;
terrorism, bombs, and anarchy; websites depicting
murder and suicide as well as explaining ways to
commit them.
www.ekran.no
www.thedisease.net
Illegal Downloads ildl 1084 Providing the ability to download software or other
materials, serial numbers, key generators, and tools
for bypassing software protection in violation of
copyright agreements. Torrents are classified as
“Peer File Transfer.”
www.keygenguru.com
www.zcrack.com
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