FortiGuard Center

Web Filtering Database Categories

Web Content Categorization Criteria:

FortiGuard URL Database Categories are based upon the Web content viewing suitability of three major groups of customers: enterprises, schools, and home/families. They also take into account customer requirements for Internet management.
The categories are defined to be easily manageable and patterned to industry standards.

56 categories are organized into the following 8 main groups:
(Click on the group name link to see category descriptions)

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Potentially Liable space Abused Drugs, Cult or Occult, Hacking, Illegal or Questionable, Racism or Hate, Violence
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Controversial space Abortion, Adult Materials, Advocacy Groups, Alcohol and Tobacco, Militancy and Extremist, Gambling, Nudity, Pornography, Tasteless, Weapons
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Potentially Non-Productive space Advertisements, Brokerage and Trading, Freeware and Software Download, Games, Internet Communication, Pay to Surf, Web-based Email
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Potentially Bandwidth Consuming space File Sharing and Storage, Streaming Media
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Potential Security Risks space Malicious Web Sites, Spyware
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General Interest space Arts and Entertainment, Cultural Institutions, Education, Financial Data and Services, Gay or Lesbian or Bisexual Interest, Health, Job Search, Medicine, News and Media, Personals and Dating, Political Organizations, Reference Materials, Religion, Search Engines and Portals, Shopping and Auction, Society and Lifestyles, Social Organizations, Special Events, Sports, Travel, Vehicles
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Business Oriented space Business and Economy, Computer Security, Government and Legal Organizations, Information Technology, Military Organizations,
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Others space Dynamic Content, Miscellaneous, Web Hosting

Each category contains websites or web pages that have been assigned based on their dominant Web content. A website or webpage is categorized into a specific, likely to be blocked category according to its content. When a website contains elements in different categories, web pages on the site are separately categorized.

Descriptions of the categories above are designed to assist the reader with category comprehension only; they are not meant to depict any form of symbolic representation of the individuals who own or surf these sites.