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We're using a few FortiGate 50E with FortiOS 5.6.2 and DNS filtering, which works great (properly enforces SafeSearch over SSL/TLS without requiring a local certificate to be installed).
However, when Safe search is enforced, YouTube restrictions must be set to "strict" oder "moderate". Even moderate YouTube restriction blocks LOTS of videos that aren't in any way problematic for a school.
Is there a way to have Safe search enabled for search engines (Google, Bing, etc.) but not restrict YouTube?
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In Reply to bruce brennan:
Hello author
yeah, i think you can.
Regards
Bruce brennan
Hi,
Try block quick protocol udp 443 and test with firefox and IE.
Try block quick protocol udp 443 and test with firefox and IE.
I think you misunderstood. The QUIC protocol doesn't have anything to do with it. Blocking currently works, but I want to NOT block YouTube and keep enforcing Safe Search on Google, Bing etc. (meaning I'd like the Fortigate to NOT redirect DNS requests for YouTube). There doesn't seem to be a setting for that at the moment.
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