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WEB FILTER- STATIC URL FILTERING
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
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Does setting the option to exempt work rather than allow?
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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
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Try this, sit the filter as ; www.glassdoor.com
does that work?
Also try glassdoor.com again does that work?
IIRC you do not need the * in the site URL
Ken
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Yes exempt instead of allow might do the trick.
This is because a simple "allow" does not stop the filter. So if static url filter goes before category-filter an allow entry will thus be blocked if the cathegoriy is blocked. I gues this is what happens here.
IF you set it to exempt (which implies allow) the Filter will stop there and will not apply further filters to this.
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Make sure understand exempt and what your exemption are before you enable it.
http://kb.fortinet.com/kb/viewContent.do?externalId=FD35069
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I agree with emnoc, although exempt is a "quick fix" it should be used sparingly
Ideally should try to find why the allow is not matching the provided string by looking into any subsequent security polices
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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.
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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
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