Chapter 43 Content Filtering
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Portal Sites Web pages that serve as major gateways or directories to content on the web.
Many portal sites also provide a variety of internal site features or services such
as search engines, email, news, and entertainment. Mailing list sites with a
variety of content are in this category.
This category does not include sites with topic-specific content.
Potential Criminal Activities Web pages, which provide instructions to commit illegal or criminal activities.
Instructions include committing murder or suicide, sabotage, bomb-making,
lock-picking, service theft, evading law enforcement, or spoofing drug tests. This
category might also include information on how to distribute illegal content,
perpetrate fraud, or consumer scams.
This category does not include computer-related fraud.
Potential Hacking Computer
Crime
Web pages, which provide instructions, or otherwise enable, fraud, crime, or
malicious activity that is computer-oriented.
This category includes web pages related to computer crime include malicious
hacking information or tools that help individuals gain unauthorized access to
computers and networks (root kits, kiddy scripts). This category also includes
other areas of electronic fraud such as dialer scams and illegal manipulation of
electronic devices.
This category does not include illegal software.
Potential Illegal Software Web pages, which the filter believes offer information to potentially ‘pirated’ or
illegally distribute software or electronic media, such as copyrighted music or
film, distribution of illegal license key generators, software cracks, and serial
numbers.
This category does not include peer-to-peer web pages.
Private IP Addresses Sites that are private IP addresses as defined in RFC 1918, that is, hosts that do
not require access to hosts in other enterprises (or require just limited access)
and whose IP address may be ambiguous between enterprises but are well
defined within a certain enterprise.
Profanity Web pages that contain crude, vulgar, or obscene language or gestures.
Professional Networking Web pages that provide social networking exclusively for professional or
business purposes.
This category includes sites that provide personal or group profiles, and enable
their members to interact through real-time communication, message posting,
public bulletins, and media sharing. This category also contains alumni sites that
have a networking function.
This category does not include social networking sites where the focus might
vary, but include friendship, dating, or professional focuses.
Provocative Attire Web pages with pictures that include alluring or revealing attire, lingerie and
swimsuits, or supermodel or celebrity photograph collections, but do not involve
nudity.
This category does not include sites with swimwear or similar attire that is not
intended to be provocative. For example, Olympic swimming sites are not in this
category.
Public Information Web pages that provide general reference information such as public service
providers, regional information, transportation schedules, maps, or weather
reports.
PUPs Web pages that contain Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).
PUPs are often made for a beneficial purpose but they alter the security of a
computer or the computer user’s privacy. Computer users who are concerned
about security or privacy might want to be informed about this software, and in
some cases, they might want to remove this software from their computers.
Table 213 New Managed Category Descriptions (Firmware v4.55 or later) (continued)
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