4.2.1.1.1.52 Travel
This category includes sites of airlines and flight booking agencies, accommodation information,
travel package listings, city guides and tourist information, and car rentals.
4.2.1.1.1.53 Uncategorized
This category includes all sites that have not been categorized. This means that these sites have
not come to the attention of SophosLabs.
4.2.1.1.1.54 Violence
This category includes sites portraying, describing or advocating physical assault against humans,
animals, or institutions; depicting torture, mutilation, gore, or horrific death; advocating, encouraging,
or depicting self-endangerment, or suicide, including through eating disorders or addictions;
instructions, recipes, or kits for making bombs or other harmful or destructive devices; sites
promoting terrorism; and excessively violent sports or games, including videos and online games.
Note: We do not block news, historical, or press incidents that may include the above criteria,
except those that include graphic examples.
4.2.1.1.1.55 Weapons
This category includes sites with online purchasing or ordering information, including lists of prices
and dealer locations; any page or site predominantly containing, or providing links to, content
related to the sale of guns, weapons, ammunition or poisonous substances; displaying or detailing
the use of guns, weapons, ammunition or poisonous substances; and clubs which offer training
on machine guns, automatics, other assault weapons, and sniper training.
Note: Weapons are defined as something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or
destroy.
4.2.1.1.1.56 Web-Based Email
This category includes sites for web-based e-mail accounts and messaging sites.
4.2.1.2 Web Applications
The Configuration > Group Policy > Default Policy > Web Applications page allows you to
configure the default policy for popular Web Applications, such as Facebook, or Linkedin. Settings
configured on this page take precedent over policy configured for categories or tags.
Note: If you do not have HTTPS scanning enabled on the Configuration > Global Policy >
HTTPS Scanning page, detection and control of web applications will not work for sites that use
HTTPS.
1. Next to the related web application click the Action drop down menu.
2. Select a policy for an application by selecting an option from the related Action drop down
menu:
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Choose Allow to allow access to the web application.
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Choose Block to block access to the web application.
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Choose Follow Category to allow the site category to control access to the web application.
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