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dclabs
dclabs
Visitor III
May 17, 2023
Question

WebFilter blocks only fqdn typed inot the brower address bar

  • May 17, 2023
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Hi,

 

I'm trying to block specific websites using the Static URL Filter in the WebFilter security profile.

What happens though is that the website is blocked only when typed into the address bar of the browser and not when accessed through a search engine.

Example:

 

If I block netflix.com, the site is actually blocked when I type netflix.com into the browser bar, but I can still access it when I look for netflix on google and then click on the results.

3 replies

gfleming
Staff
gfleming
Staff
May 17, 2023

Can you please show your URL Filter configuration?

 

enoryq
enoryq
Visitor III
May 17, 2023

Hello

I suspect that Netflix is using a CDN (Content Delivery Network) and therefore your Static URL filter will not work.

Perhaps your best option would be to create a deny-rule using the Netflix Internet Service as the destination and deny block like that?
netflix services.png
Hope this helps in someway,

dclabs
dclabsAuthor
Visitor III
May 18, 2023

Thanks for your reply.

It's not just Netflix but it's but it seems to do the same with all URLs of various different services (video straming, webmails, etc.).

gfleming
Staff
gfleming
Staff
May 18, 2023

Please show your configuration

dclabs
dclabsAuthor
Visitor III
May 18, 2023

Hi Graham,

 

I cloned the default Web Filter profile, turn it into proxy-based (as well as the firewall policy on which it's applied) then added some static URL Filters using the wildcard configuration and action set to "block".

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