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Default Content Modification policies

Updated

This article details which Content Modification policies you’ll have on day one of using Smoothwall Filter.

In Cloud Filter

We got Cloud Filter after 2024

You won’t have any Content Modification policies turned on in Cloud Filter, so you can turn any of them on as required. 

If you have a Hybrid setup, this will change your setup so you manage Content Modification from Cloud Filter. See: Manage Content Modification from Cloud Filter.

We got Cloud Filter in 2024 or earlier

These Content Modification policies are automatically turned on in the background:

  • SafeSearch via CONNECT header
  • YouTube - Comments removal
  • Force SafeSearch
  • YouTube - SafetyMode cookie

Even if the toggle appears off, these policies remain active unless Smoothwall Support turns them off. Contact Smoothwall Support to remove these policies.

In On-Premise Appliance

We got On-Premise Appliance below Maiden-31

If you got your On-Premise Appliance at a Release and Update level below Maiden-31 and our Delivery Team did not set up your configuration, you won’t have any Content Modification policies. You can set them up as required.

We got On-Premise Appliance at Maiden-31 or above

You will have these default Content Modification policies in your On-Premise Appliance.

  • Apply Force SafeSearch and SafeSearch via CONNECT header to the Search Engines category for Everyone Everywhere.

      Note

    You can change the What field from Search Engines to Everything to apply this Content Modification to any service that offers a safe search setting, such as pixabay.com.

  • Apply YouTube - Remove Adverts and YouTube SafetyMode cookie to the YouTube, YouTube Allowed Videos and Playlists, YouTube Music and YouTube Streaming categories for Everyone Everywhere.

      Note

  • Apply Remove QUIC Header to Everything for Everyone Everywhere.

Image 1: Default On-Premise Appliance Content Modification policies.