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URL is blocked on 2008 SBS Network - How?
Hi all,
Have a client running a single 2008 SBS server on a network protected by a Watchguard firewall and Trend Worry Free Business.
A client has reported that they cannot access a particular .co.uk url that quite innocently has the word child in itl. When anyone on the internal network regardless of browser choice (including on the server itself) goes to that URL you just get a white screen. IF they take same PC out of the network the URL works fine.
I've gone into the Watchguard config and added the IP address of the website to the whitelist (you can't add url's) and confirmed that WebBlocker is actually switched off.
I've also gone into Trend and added the URL to the allowed list under Web Blocking and Web Behaviour but nothing seems to work.
Was wondering if there might be something on the 2008 SBS server itself blocking the URL?
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks
Adam
Have a client running a single 2008 SBS server on a network protected by a Watchguard firewall and Trend Worry Free Business.
A client has reported that they cannot access a particular .co.uk url that quite innocently has the word child in itl. When anyone on the internal network regardless of browser choice (including on the server itself) goes to that URL you just get a white screen. IF they take same PC out of the network the URL works fine.
I've gone into the Watchguard config and added the IP address of the website to the whitelist (you can't add url's) and confirmed that WebBlocker is actually switched off.
I've also gone into Trend and added the URL to the allowed list under Web Blocking and Web Behaviour but nothing seems to work.
Was wondering if there might be something on the 2008 SBS server itself blocking the URL?
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks
Adam
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Many thanks for your suggestion, it sounded very plausible but unfortunately tried a ping of the url from inside and outside of the network and the IP address was the same...
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Thanks all for your suggestions, turned out there was a baffling hidden area within the Watchguard where you had to enter the url into yet another whitelist for it to then allow the site to be accessed!
Where was the hidden area for you to white list the URL?
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No other websites I tested with child in the title were blocked. Nothing in server DNS relating to it, there are no entries in blacklists on both the watchguard and Trend. Am really really stumped