Technical Tip: Subdomains inherit the same category as the parent domain in WebRating Override if not defined explicitly

This article describes how subdomains inherit the same category as the parent domain in Web Rating Override if not defined explicitly.

This is expected behavior.

When a domain is defined in the Web Rating Override, then all of its subdomains inherit the same category unless the category explicitly defined in the web rating override entry.

Example:

Create a web rating override for the domain 'google.com':

Example logs for 'google.com' and its subdomains such as; 'drive.google.com', 'mail.google.com', 'accounts.google.com', and 'play.google.com':

A subdomain of the domain can be allowed either by URL filter list in the Web Filter profile, or by explicitly defining the category of the subdomain.

The subdomain can be explicitly defined in the web rating override:

Log:

Log:

In the above log example, the category column is empty because it is allowed by the URL filter of the web filter profile.