| Cloudflare Category | Description | DNSFilter Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymizer | Sites that allow users to surf the Internet anonymously. | Proxy & Filter Avoidance |
| Command and Control & Botnet | Sites that are queried by compromised devices to exfiltrate information or potentially infect other devices in a network. | Botnet |
| Cryptomining | Sites that mine cryptocurrency by taking over the user's computing resources. | Cryptomining |
| DGA Domains | Domains detected as generated by algorithms seen in malware. | Malware |
| DNS Tunneling | Domains with detected DNS tunneling activity. | Proxy & Filter Avoidance |
| Malware | Sites hosting malicious content and other compromised websites. | Malware |
| Phishing | Domains that are known for stealing personal information. | Phishing & Deception |
| Private IP Address | Domains that resolve to private IP Addresses | |
| Spam | Sites that are known for targeting users with unwanted sweepstakes, surveys, and advertisements. | Phishing & Deception |
| Spyware | Sites that are known to distribute or contain code that displays unwanted advertisements or that gathers user information without the user’s knowledge. | Tracking |
| Typosquatting & Impersonation | Domains that impersonate other brands, services or domains | Phishing & Deception |
| Adult Themes | Sites that are hosting content related to pornography, nudity, sexuality, and other adult themes. | Adult Content |
| Business & Economy | Sites that are related to business, economy, finance, education, science and technology. | Economy & Finance, Business |
| Deceptive Ads | Sites that spoof clicks, impressions, conversions for ads. | Advertising |
| Drugs | Sites related to the use and promotion of illegal drugs or illegal use of prescribed drugs. | Drugs |
| Education | Sites hosting educational content that are not included in other categories like Science, Technology or Educational institutions. | Education & Self Help |
| Entertainment | Sites that are hosting entertaining content that are not included in other categories like Comic books, Audio streaming, Video streaming etc. | Entertainment, Streaming Media |
| Gambling | Sites that are providing online gambling or are related to gambling. | Gambling |
| Government & Politics | Sites related to government and politics. | Government |
| Health | Sites containing information about health and fitness. | Health |
| Information Technology | Sites related to information technology. | Information Technology |
| Internet Communication | Sites hosting applications that are used for communication like chat, mail etc. | Webmail & Chat |
| Job Search & Careers | Sites that facilitate searching for jobs and careers. | Jobs & Careers |
| Login Screens | Sites hosting login screens that are not included in other categories. | |
| Miscellaneous | Sites that are not included in the listed security and content categories. | Uncategorized |
| No Content | Sites that have no content. | Uncategorized |
| Questionable Content | Sites hosting content that are related to hacking, piracy, profanity and other questionable activities. | Hacking & Cracking, P2P & Illegal |
| Real Estate | Sites related to real estate. | Real Estate |
| Religion | Sites hosting content about religion, alternative religion, religious teachings, religious groups and spirituality. | Religion |
| Safe for Kids | Sites that are safe for kids to visit. | |
| Security threats | Sites that contain security threats like malware, phishing, cryptomininng and other security threats. | Malware, Phishing & Deception, Cryptomining |
| Shopping & Auctions | Sites that are hosting content related to ecommerce, coupons, shopping, auctions and marketplaces. | Shopping |
| Social & Family | Sites related to society and lifestyle. | Education & Self Help |
| Society & Lifestyle | Sites hosting information about lifestyle that are not included in other categories like fashion, food & drink etc. | Education & Self Help |
| Sports | Sites related to sports & recreation. | Sports |
| Technology | Sites hosting information about technology that are not included in the science category. | Information Technology |
| Travel | Sites that contain information about listings, reservations, services for travel. | Travel |
| Vehicles | Sites related vehicles, automobiles, including news, reviews, and other hobbyist information. | Vehicles |
| Violence | Sites hosting and/or promoting violent content. | Terrorism & Hate |
| Weather | Sites related to weather. |
CloudFlare to DNSFilter Category Mappings
Fikayo Adepoju
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