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Domain Categories

Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
  • Strata Cloud Manager
  • Advanced DNS Resolver License
The Advanced DNS Security Resolver provides domain categories that can be configured with various actions, when a corresponding domain type is encountered. The following table describes the currently available domain categories, based on the available signature sources.
Content-based DNS signatures are used to identify and categorize DNS requests and are generated using data from Advanced WildFire, Advanced URL filtering, passive DNS, machine learning, threat research from Unit 42, as well as third-party threat feeds. These on-demand signatures (automatically updated and immediately available on your tenant) complement the more advanced, ML-based, real-time DNS threat detection mechanism of Advanced DNS Security.
Advanced DNS Security Resolver Categories
Signature SourceDNS Category
DNS Security
  • adtracking
  • command-and-control
  • dynamic-dns
  • grayware
  • malware
  • newly-registered-domain
  • parked
  • phishing
  • proxy-avoidance-and-anonymizers
Advanced DNS Security
  • dnsmisconfig-zone
  • hijacking
Content
  • abortion
  • abused-drugs
  • adult
  • alcohol-and-tobacco
  • auctions
  • business-and-economy
  • computer-and-internet-info
  • content-delivery-networks
  • copyright-infringement
  • cryptocurrency
  • dating
  • educational-institutions
  • encrypted-dns
  • entertainment-and-arts
  • extremism
  • file-converter
  • financial-services
  • gambling
  • games
  • government
  • hacking
  • health-and-medicine
  • home-and-garden
  • hunting-and-fishing
  • insufficient-content
  • internet-communications-and-telephony
  • internet-portals
  • job-search
  • legal
  • marijuana
  • military
  • motor-vehicles
  • music
  • news
  • nudity
  • online-storage-and-backup
  • peer-to-peer
  • personal-sites-and-blogs
  • philosophy-and-political-advocacy
  • questionable
  • real-estate
  • recreation-and-hobbies
  • reference-and-research
  • religion
  • search-engines
  • sex-education
  • shareware-and-freeware
  • shopping
  • social-networking
  • society
  • sports
  • stock-advice-and-tools
  • streaming-media
  • swimsuits-and-intimate-apparel
  • training-and-tools
  • translation
  • travel
  • unknown
  • weapons
  • web-advertisements
  • web-based-email
  • web-hosting