06-12-2008 08:06 PM - edited 03-09-2019 08:53 PM
Hello Sir,
I want to block 'orkut' in my network with websense, when i am trying with the same, 'gmail' also got blocked, how can i block 'orkut' with out affecting gamil by websense...
Thank You.
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06-13-2008 08:00 AM
In Websense v6.3.2 (possibly earlier versions as well) you can block by URL Patterns. Simply place the word orkut in your policies to block and that should do it.
Worst case, you can use RegEX in your firewalls/routers and block it that way.
06-13-2008 11:42 AM
Yes its better to use the pattern matching as the earlier poster described, if you do nslookup of both the google webpage and orkut, you see one very interesting thing:
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.l.google.com
Addresses: 74.125.39.103, 74.125.39.99, 74.125.39.104, 74.125.39.147
Aliases: www.google.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: orkut.l.google.com
Address: 209.85.129.85
Aliases: www.orkut.com
Compare the two A records, both contain *.google.com. So thats why websense is thinking both to be the same, both are sub-domains of the same domain.
You could also maybe put www.google.com in a White List or something.
Regards
Farrukh
06-13-2008 08:00 AM
In Websense v6.3.2 (possibly earlier versions as well) you can block by URL Patterns. Simply place the word orkut in your policies to block and that should do it.
Worst case, you can use RegEX in your firewalls/routers and block it that way.
06-13-2008 11:42 AM
Yes its better to use the pattern matching as the earlier poster described, if you do nslookup of both the google webpage and orkut, you see one very interesting thing:
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.l.google.com
Addresses: 74.125.39.103, 74.125.39.99, 74.125.39.104, 74.125.39.147
Aliases: www.google.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: orkut.l.google.com
Address: 209.85.129.85
Aliases: www.orkut.com
Compare the two A records, both contain *.google.com. So thats why websense is thinking both to be the same, both are sub-domains of the same domain.
You could also maybe put www.google.com in a White List or something.
Regards
Farrukh
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