Cloudflare Docs
Cloudflare Zero Trust
Visit Cloudflare Zero Trust on GitHub
Set theme to dark (⇧+D)

Common DNS policies

The following policies are commonly used to secure DNS traffic.

Refer to the DNS policies page for a comprehensive list of other selectors, operators, and actions.

​​ Block content categories

Block content categories which go against your organization’s acceptable use policy.

Selector Operator Value Action
Content categories in Adult Themes, Gambling Block

​​ Block applications

Block content categories which go against your organization’s acceptable use policy.

Selector Operator Value Action
Application in Netflix Block

​​ Check user identity

Configure access on a per user or group basis by adding identity-based conditions to your policies.

Selector Operator Value Action
Application in Salesforce Block
User Group Names in Contractors

​​ Restrict access to specific groups

Filter DNS queries to allow only specific users access.

The following example includes two policies. The first policy allows the specified group, while the second policy blocks all other users. To ensure the policies are evaluated properly, place the Allow policy above the Block policy. For more information, refer to the order of precedence.

​​ 1. Allow a group

Selector Operator Value Logic Action
Content Categories in Social Networks And Allow
User Group Names in marketing-team

​​ 2. Block all other users

Selector Operator Value Action
Content Categories in Social Networks Block

​​ Block sites by top-level domain

Block sites with a specific top-level domain (TLD).

Selector Operator Value Action
Domain matches regex [.]fail Block

​​ Control IP version

Enterprise users can pair these policies with an egress policy to control which IP address is used to egress to the origin server.

​​ Force IPv4

Force users to connect with IPv4.

Selector Operator Value Logic Action
Query Record Type is AAAA And Block
Domain is example.com

​​ Force IPv6

Force users to connect with IPv6.

Selector Operator Value Logic Action
Query Record Type is A And Block
Domain is example.com