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Manage Web Filter Policies
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Can we block all uncategorised content?
The internet is rapidly changing, with new websites and content being created and shared every day.Occasionally, you ...
Prepare for exam season
Follow these steps ahead of the examination season to ensure students can access only the appropriate websites, softw...
Types of Web Filter Policies in multi-tenant setups
If you have a multi-tenant setup, you must select which type of Web Filter Policy to use before creating it. ...
Default Web Filter Policies
Your Smoothwall setup includes default Web Filter Policies that block certain content. The Custom allowed content an...
Add Web Filter Policies
Smoothwall’s Web Filtering functionality allows you to block or allow access to different web content. Hybrid (Bot...
Add, reorder, turn off or delete Web Filter policy folders in Cloud Filter
Policy folders can help you organise policies, such as grouping policies by User Group. Anything you enter into the f...
Add Walled Garden Web Filter Policies
A Walled Garden is a web filtering setup that restricts a specific group of users to access only a limited set of dom...
Apply different Web Filter Policies to users when offsite
You must follow the instructions below to filter devices when they're offsite (using an IP address other than your or...
Add policy folders and add policies to folders in On-Premise Appliance
Policy folders can help you organise policies, such as grouping policies by User Group. Anything you enter into the ...
Reorder, turn off, edit or delete policies and folders in On-Premise Appliance
This article explains how to reorder, edit, turn off or delete these policy types:Guardian > Anti-malware > Manage p...