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tasneem
New Member
August 20, 2018
Question

WEB FILTER- STATIC URL FILTERING

  • August 20, 2018
  • 2 replies
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Hi All,

I have a web filter called (LAN USERS- New policy) .

*) In which in General category i have blocked job search .

*) but i want to allow only www.glassdoor.com and www.glassdoor.in which falls under job search category .

*) I went and allowed it in the STATIC URL FILTER of (LAN USERS- New policy).

 

But still i am not able to open www.glassdoor.com or www.glassdoor.in

Attached Screen shot the kind reference .

 

Regards

Tasneem Ahmed 

2 replies

robdog
New Member
August 20, 2018

Does setting the option to exempt work rather than allow?

tasneem
tasneemAuthor
New Member
August 20, 2018

Hi Rob Dog

 

Thanks for the solution 

 

I changed it to exempt from allow . It worked for me and the site www.glassdoor.com is working now .

 

Regards

Tasneem Ahmed 

 

Toshi_Esumi
SuperUser
SuperUser
August 20, 2018

You can also try defining a local category, which I would name it "whitelist", then put those URL in and allow them. It would override the pre-defined categories so they wouldn't affect.

Robbo009
New Member
November 11, 2019

I have the same problems but in my case I have to use wildcard domains. It won't let me create local categories with wildcards. The only way I can see if block the category in web filter and create a static url. But then allow does not work you need to use exempt which as noted above is "dangerous". Whats the best way to block everything from LAN to internet but allow certain web services like Adobe Creative cloud and office 365 etc. 

Thanks,

Rob

Toshi_Esumi
SuperUser
SuperUser
November 11, 2019
Try "Internet Service" in the policy to allow like "Adobe-Adobe.Cloud", "Microsoft-Office365".