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Dragonfly
URL Filtering & Categorization ToolGet comprehensive insights into any domain's DNS records, security profile, and technical characteristics.This is in beta - your "wrong category" reports directly improve our models.
What does Dragonfly help you achieve?
Identify risky domains
Classify domains into categories like phishing, malware, or adult content.
Enable granular filtering
Go beyond generic blocklists. Classify domains into hundreds of categories - from streaming platforms to political blogs.
Strengthen compliance & controls
Businesses, parents, and IT admins can apply classification to enforce policy-based access with confidence.
Boost workplace productivity
Block distracting categories like streaming or social media during work hours.
URL filtering & categorization FAQs
Dragonfly, Control D's domain classification tool, combines multiple signals such as DNS records, TLS certificates, WHOIS data, page content, and outbound connections, to determine what a site is and whether it poses risk.
Instead of relying solely on static blocklists, Control D utilizes real-time AI models to analyze these signals and assign a category with a corresponding confidence level.
Your "wrong category" reports are labeled feedback that feed our retraining pipeline. High-impact domains get reviewed and re-scored more frequently.
Domain classification is the process of grouping websites into categories such as shopping, news, or phishing. This enables security systems and DNS filters to enforce rules on what users can access.
Domains are analyzed using DNS records, WHOIS data, TLS certificates, content scanning, and AI models. These signals are combined to assign a category and confidence score.
Yes. Features like redirect patterns, JavaScript behavior, and visual cues are analyzed to flag phishing attempts before users are exposed.
WHOIS lookups only reveal registration details. Domain classification goes deeper, analyzing behavior, metadata, and AI classification to determine how a domain should be treated.
Often, but it's beta. Popular domains are usually right; long-tail and fast-changing sites can be off. Please report misses.
No. This page is for inspection and feedback. If you want actual blocking, use Control D Filters, which apply server-side and are continuously tuned.
We store the domain, the current label and your suggested fix (no PII). Aggregated reports drive human review and model updates.
