SonicWall Content Filtering Service (CFS) is a subscription-based add-on service for SonicWall firewall products. This web filtering service blocks inappropriate, productivity-inhibiting, as well as illegal and harmful web content for SonicWall customers worldwide.

The content filtering service is designed for network-based devices:

• Blocking access to harmful URLs, domains, and IP addresses
• Restricting access to specific sites based on categories
• Enforcing YouTube and Safe Search policies
• Throttling bandwidth on sites like Facebook or YouTube

Dynamic rating architecture:
SonicWall CFS has categorized over 20 million URLs, IP addresses, and domains in a continuously updated, dynamically rated database, with thousands more added daily.

Granular web content filtering:
The policy-based system allows the administrator to block predefined categories in any combination and apply these policies at a granular level.

User-friendly web management interface:
Gain more insight into your organization's web usage and save time with an easy-to-manage, web-based user interface.

Scalable and cost-effective:
Manage content filtering from your SonicWall firewall, eliminating the need for additional hardware or expenses for a separate dedicated filtering solution.