New Categories
The following categories have been added:
| Category Name | Category Number | Description |
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| Generative AI | 121 | This category consists of websites that utilize AI algorithms to emulate human creativity. Users can produce a wide variety of content such as images, text, music, and videos through AI tools that analyze extensive datasets using neural networks and deep learning techniques. |
| Cryptocurrency | 81 | This category covers websites focused on cryptocurrencies, including those that offer, discuss, facilitate, or advocate for crypto mining, exchanges, digital currency vendors, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It encompasses platforms for managing cryptocurrency storage, wallets, and blockchain ledgers. These sites specialize in digital or virtual currencies secured by cryptography, commonly operating on decentralized networks, providing services and information for trading, investing, mining, storing, or learning about cryptocurrencies. Websites related to traditional financial services that mention cryptocurrencies in passing are excluded. |
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No Certificate |
240 |
This category is triggered by NSProxy when a SSL connection performs a certificate negotiation but does not transmit any data. This usually means that the client workstation or browser does not trust the certificate authority of the NSProxy certificate. This category can be used to audit workstations that may not have a valid certificate installed, or audit for applications that may not trust the workstations certificate authority. This category is mapped to Malformed URL for customer running category revision 28 or below.
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Revised Categories
The following categories have been updated:
| Category Name | Category Number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Web Proxy | 32 | This category encompasses web proxies that offer URLs for users to hide their online identity, allowing them to bypass filtering or monitoring systems to access restricted content. This category includes sites that provide information on avoiding proxy server detection, explain proxy server features, and offer web-based URL translation to bypass filters. It also covers VPN services, which provide similar and often enhanced functionalities. Typically, access to web proxy pages should be restricted. |
Additional Changes
The onGuard Category P3: Profanity has been renamed P3: Hate Speech.
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