10.11. URL categories

Based on the URL Category library items, you can create groups of UserGate URL filtering categories for convenient usage of content filtering rules. For example, network administrators can create a group called "Business Categories" and then add the corresponding categories into it.

Note that you will have to install the corresponding license in order to use UserGate URL filtering categories.

By default, the initial list is already predefined, but network administrators can add custom items as required.

Name

Description

Threats

Categories recommended for blocking for security reasons.

Parental Control

Categories recommended for blocking in order to protect children from unwanted content.

Productivity

Categories recommended for blocking in order to improve the labor discipline.

Safe categories

Categories considered as secure ones. It is recommended that you disable morphological checks and capturing of HTTPS traffic for this group of categories in order to reduce false triggering.

Recommended for morphology checking

Categories recommended for morphological checks. These categories do not include News, Finance, Government, Information Security, Kids websites and other categories in order to reduce false triggering. The same categories are recommended for HTTPS traffic capturing.

Recommended for virus check

Categories recommended for morphological checks.

To add a new group of categories, perform the following steps:

Name

Description

Step 1. Create a group of categories

Click Add and then specify the name for the group

Step 2. Add the categories

Click Add and then select the necessary categories from the list