
BrightCloud sorts more than seven billion URLs into eighty Categories, grouped by general theme: adult content malware distribution sites social networking streaming content and much more.Ī site can belong to up to two Categories. Web Filter's most admin-friendly feature is Categories, provided by the BrightCloud lookup engine. Websites added to Pass Sites or Block Sites bypass the categorization lookup and therefore do not have an associated category when viewed in reports.The session is closed silently, causing the browser to generate a "page not found" or "session was reset" error message. Web Filter does not generate a block page or otherwise alert the user that the site they are trying to reach is blocked.


As a result, web filtering is based only on the domain part of the URL. To capture the client request from SSL based web traffic, Web Filter uses the Server Name Indication (SNI).Web Filter requires an active Security Edition subscription.Web Filter is a security feature that blocks access to harmful web content by enabling the administrator to control access to websites based on themed groupings called "Categories" or specific websites. Micro Edge includes web filtering powered by Webroot BrightCloud®.
