Your Smoothwall setup includes default Web Filter Policies that block certain content.
- The Custom allowed content and Custom blocked content policies are blank for you to customise as needed.
- Core Blocked Content is a Category Group that contains Categories and Signatures. We don’t include specific details, as it varies depending on the default Web Filter Policies.
Hybrid (both Cloud Portal and On-Premise Appliance)
The platform that is set up first determines your default Web Filter Policies.
- Cloud Portal set up first: The Delivery team applies the Default Cloud Portal Web Filter Policies across both Cloud Filter and On-Premise Appliance. Your organisation can’t set up Cloud Portal independently.
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On-Premise Appliance set up first:
- By the Delivery team: The Delivery Team applies the Default On-Premise Appliance Web Filter Policies to both platforms.
- By your organisation: Smoothwall syncs the policy set you choose in On-Premise Appliance to Cloud Filter.
After installation, both platforms sync. You can then adjust policies and categories as needed on either platform.
Default Cloud Portal Web Filter Policies
For organisations using only Cloud Filter, the Delivery team applies the Default Cloud Portal Web Filter Policies before releasing access to the Cloud Portal. You can then adjust your Web Filter Policies and Categories as needed.
Image 1: Default Portal Cloud Web Filter Policies.
On-Premise Appliance
The default Web Filter Policies depend on who sets up your On-Premise Appliance.
- The Delivery team: The Delivery Team applies the Default On-Premise Appliance Web Filter Policies to both platforms.
- Your organisation: Smoothwall syncs the policy set you choose in On-Premise Appliance to Cloud Filter.
From there, you can adjust your Web Filter Policies and Categories as needed.
Default On-Premise Appliance Web Filter Policies
The Default On-Premise Appliance Web Filter Policies applied by the Delivery Team include separate policies for IT Staff, other Staff and Students. This lets you customise access for different user types.
- We don’t include details of these, as we continue to improve this list over time.
- The Banned Users policy is blank, allowing you to temporarily block web browsing.
- Unauthenticated IPs and Default Users are blocked from accessing the same content as students.
Image 2: Default On-Premise Appliance Web Filter Policies.
Image 3: Expanded Default On-Premise Appliance Web Filter Policies.
Policies that are not set up by our Delivery Team
Education Web Filter Policy
This policy is the most restrictive filtering for schools and educational organisations.
Image 4: Default Education Web Filter Policy.
Workplace / Productivity Web Filter Policy
This policy set aims to help productivity in the workplace by blocking social media and networking sites outside of lunchtime hours. It also blocks adult, drug, and gambling websites and content.
The Lunchtime content Category Group is blank for you to customise as needed.
Image 5: Default Workplace / Productivity Web Filter Policy.
Workplace Web Filter Policy
Similar to the Workplace / Productivity policy but doesn’t block social media and networking sites.
Image 6: Default Workplace Web Filter Policy.
CIPA Web Filter Policy
This policy set complies with the USA's Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). It provides basic protection for schools, mainly protecting against pornography.
Image 7: Default CIPA Web Filter Policy.