Security Operations Examining Web Filtering Flashcards
What is web filtering?
Web filtering is the idea of controlling internet content that users can access from inside a network and sometimes will be used for controlling bandwidth (avoiding video streaming sites)
What types of web filtering is there available?
centralized proxy
reputation-based filtering
browser-based
client-side
service-provider-based
content categories or categorization
DNS Filtering
What is a centralized proxy?
A component of web filtering that acts as an intermediary server, filtering and controlling web traffic within a network.
What is a Reputation-based filtering?
This is a rating assigned to a website or URL based on its historical trustworthiness and security track record, guiding web filtering systems in allowing or blocking access accordingly.
What is browser-based?
Browser-based: Browser settings or supplemental add-ons or extensions.
Search-engine-based: Customized web-filtering settings for search engines.
What is client-side?
Client-side: Software running on the client operating system (OS) performs web content and URL scanning and filtering.
What is service-provider-based?
Service-provider-based: Third-party companies that provide subscription-based web-filtering services.
What is content categories or categorization?
Content categories or categorization: This is the process of assigning website content to discrete groups for filtering purposes. Examples include:
Entertainment.
Gambling.
Alcohol and tobacco.
Violence.
Social media.
What is DNS-filtering?
IP/Domain name allowed through the network local server cache or Secure DNS resolver cache (third party)
