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How to block http & https Facebook for only some users?
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18 Mar 2011 09:10 #66857
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Hi all,
We have a Vigor 2920 (fw 3.3.6) managing a small office network and our boss has asked me to block Facebook for most, but not all of our users (eg management and marketing folks legitimately need to use it).
I can block it easily enough by adding 'facebook.com' as a keyword object and then adding that to the default URL filter, but there's two snags:
1) you can still accesshttps://www.facebook.com/ and
2) it blocks everyone but I need to specify certain machines that can still access it.
The user guide is not that helpful about the details of setting up a filter like this, so could anyone here walk me through it? I'm not a network engineer, just a web developer with some rudimentary network skills. Thanks!
We have a Vigor 2920 (fw 3.3.6) managing a small office network and our boss has asked me to block Facebook for most, but not all of our users (eg management and marketing folks legitimately need to use it).
I can block it easily enough by adding 'facebook.com' as a keyword object and then adding that to the default URL filter, but there's two snags:
1) you can still access
2) it blocks everyone but I need to specify certain machines that can still access it.
The user guide is not that helpful about the details of setting up a filter like this, so could anyone here walk me through it? I'm not a network engineer, just a web developer with some rudimentary network skills. Thanks!
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26 Mar 2011 11:37 #66983
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Replied by markross164 on topic Re: How to block http & https Facebook for only some users?
I have the same issue so a response from someone would be hugely appreciated.
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31 Mar 2011 17:48 #67047
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Replied by junap on topic Re: How to block http & https Facebook for only some users?
I got a response from Draytek on this in an email:
The URL filter on draytek router can not block 'HTTPS' traffic because data is encrypted.Router matches the keyword object to block websites which is not possible on encrypted traffic.
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31 Mar 2011 22:37 #67051
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You can't block urls within SSL, but you can block SSL altogether for specific users (depending on the router model)
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14 Apr 2011 11:04 #67295
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For the part you can block (non-ssl) you can block for all and make exception list, for instance put all users that have no limits in a block 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.224 and all other users in the other part (so give ip's above 192.168.0.32 to those users) then put block facebook and put in an exception rule for the first block.
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26 Apr 2011 15:56 #67455
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The easiest way to do this is by using a hosts file on the client pc. Providing the client doesn't have too much technical knowledge you could simply enter a loopback to 127.0.0.1 for www.facebook.com .
I have tried to block out sites using the router interface for certain users but found this approach works better.
Hope this helps...
I have tried to block out sites using the router interface for certain users but found this approach works better.
Hope this helps...
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