topic Re: URL Filtering wrong categorization in General Topics

URL Filtering wrong categorization

SubaMuthuram — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:09:35 GMT

Hi Members,

Whenever the users try to access our Internal server, The traffic is blocked in URL filtering category as adult.

Can Someone help me how the palo alto categorize my ip address as Adult category the URL shown as pornhub.com.

but when I am checking my ip in URL test, It is showing Unknown. URL.

Someone can help how palo alto categorize the URLs

Re: URL Filtering wrong categorization

SutareMayur — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:50:58 GMT

Hi @SubaMuthuram ,

It may be the case that the URL stored in firewall DP cache has incorrect category then such issue may happen. I would recommend you to follow article given here.

Hope it helps!

Re: URL Filtering wrong categorization

SubaMuthuram — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:56:06 GMT

Thanks Sitare,

Let me check.

Re: URL Filtering wrong categorization

Robert_Poplutz — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:09:35 GMT

Hi @SutareMayur what can cause for the URL stored in firewall DP cache to suddenly have incorrect category? Thank you for your help with this.