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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Content Filter Status
If SonicWALL CFS is activated, the Content Filter Status section displays the status of the
Content Filter Server, as well as the date and time that your subscription expires. The expiration
date and time is displayed in Universal Time Code (UTC) format.
You can also access the SonicWALL CFS URL Rating Review Request form by clicking on
the here link in If you believe that a Web site is rated incorrectly or you wish to submit a
new URL, click here.
If SonicWALL CFS is not activated, you must purchase a license subscription for full content
filtering functionality, including custom CFS Policies. If you do not have an Activation Key, you
must purchase SonicWALL CFS from a SonicWALL reseller or from your mysonicwall.com
account (limited to customers in the USA and Canada).
Activating SonicWALL CFS
If you have an Activation Key for your SonicWALL CFS subscription, follow these steps to
activate SonicWALL CFS:
Warning
You must have a mysonicwall.com account and your SonicWALL security appliance
must be registered to activate SonicWALL Client Anti-Virus.
Step 1 Click the SonicWALL Content Filtering Subscription link on the Security Services >
Content Filtering page. The mysonicwall.com Login page is displayed.
Step 2 Enter your mysonicwall.com account username and password in the User Name and
Password fields, then click Submit. The System > Licenses page is displayed. If your
SonicWALL security appliance is already connected to your mysonicwall.com account, the
System > Licenses page appears after you click the SonicWALL Content Filtering
Subscription link.
Step 3 Click Activate or Renew in the Manage Service column in the Manage Services Online table.
Type in the Activation Key in the New License Key field and click Submit. Your SonicWALL
CFS subscription is activated on your SonicWALL.
Step 4 When you activate SonicWALL CFS at mysonicwall.com, the SonicWALL CFS activation is
automatically enabled on your SonicWALL within 24-hours or you can click the Synchronize
button on the Security Services > Summary page to update your SonicWALL.
Activating a SonicWALL CFS FREE TRIAL
You can try a FREE TRIAL of SonicWALL CFS by following these steps:
Step 1 Click the FREE TRIAL link on the Security Services > Content Filter page. The
mysonicwall.com Login page is displayed.
Step 2 Enter your mysonicwall.com account username and password in the User Name and
Password fields, then click Submit. The System > Licenses page is displayed. If your
SonicWALL is already connected to your mysonicwall.com account, the System > Licenses
page appears after you click the FREE TRIAL link.
Step 3 Click FREE TRIAL in the Manage Service column in the Manage Services Online table. Your
SonicWALL CFS trial subscription is activated on your SonicWALL.
Step 4 Select Security Services > Content Filter to display the Content Filter page for configuring
your SonicWALL Content Filtering Service settings.