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  • 1.  Unable to Block few websites using SEP firewall rule

    Posted Aug 23, 2017 03:42 AM

    Hello All,

    I followed the below given article and i was able to Block few websites using Firewall rule.

    https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH92097.html

     

    however i was unable to block few though. 

    Could anyone comment on this issue ? 

    And how to block all the desired websites.

     

     



  • 2.  RE: Unable to Block few websites using SEP firewall rule

    Posted Aug 23, 2017 03:44 AM

    Example is the site given below:

    https://yts.ag/

    https://torrentz2.eu/



  • 3.  RE: Unable to Block few websites using SEP firewall rule

    Posted Aug 23, 2017 12:03 PM

    Do you have a screenshot of your current rule? The same rule works for some sites but not the ones you listed above?



  • 4.  RE: Unable to Block few websites using SEP firewall rule

    Posted Aug 28, 2017 07:32 AM

    @ Brian, Yes.. 



  • 5.  RE: Unable to Block few websites using SEP firewall rule

    Posted Aug 28, 2017 07:36 AM

    Please find the rule screen shot attached.. 



  • 6.  RE: Unable to Block few websites using SEP firewall rule

    Posted Aug 28, 2017 07:42 AM

    Remove 'http://' and 'https://'. It should only be the domain name.



  • 7.  RE: Unable to Block few websites using SEP firewall rule
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Aug 28, 2017 06:13 PM

    Hello Kathir@HCS,

     

    For DNS based firewall rules to work, you will need to enable the option ' Enable Reverse DNS lookup'.  See the following articles for more information


    Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager - Firewall - Policies explained
    TECH104433 January 9th, 2017 http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH104433

    Configuring the Symantec Endpoint Protection Firewall to filter traffic based on whether its source/destination is from a particular domain
    TECH131681 March 15th, 2011 http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH131681

    Thanks,