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Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

MuhammadAbdeen — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:54:42 GMT

Hi,

Is it possible to Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220, or of there is a workaround solution to allow only Text and Images on a PA220
We have business need to use whatsapp text and Images only

Thank you

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

MP18 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:47:16 GMT

You can create Rule to allow application whatsapp-base and whatsapp-web.

Then create second rule to block the application whatsapp-voice.

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

MuhammadAbdeen — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:34:07 GMT

@MP18

Appreciate your reply, I wanted to block whatsapp-video instead. - which is part part of whatsapp media, i guess -

Is that doable ?

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

MP18 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:40:35 GMT

Hi,

whatsapp voice has Subcategory:

voip-video

so if you block this it will block the video also

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

MuhammadAbdeen — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:48:36 GMT

@MP18 Thank you for the reply
Unfortunately that solution didn't resolve my question. - sorry I got late to reply -

a point here your solution should work with https://web.whatsapp.com/ too , right ?

Thank you

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

MP18 — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:32:15 GMT

@MuhammadAbdeen

I tested with below rule and whats voice,video and that url does not work.

Here is screenshot of that rule.

Also the app whatsapp voice has below dependencies

rtcp, rtp-base, stun, whatsapp-base

So you need to block these also.

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

Brandon_Wertz — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:46:59 GMT

@MP18 wrote:

@MuhammadAbdeen

I tested with below rule and whats voice,video and that url does not work.

Here is screenshot of that rule.

Also the app whatsapp voice has below dependencies

rtcp, rtp-base, stun, whatsapp-base

So you need to block these also.

@MuhammadAbdeen I would be careful in blocking these other applications "rtcp, rtp-base, stun" especially RTCP and RTP-base. These are foundational to content presentation on the web. So be sure blocking these apps will not have any unintended consequences. (Make sure it's tied to the correct custom URL category, and intended user groups)

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

MP18 — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:18:26 GMT

@Brandon_Wertz

Thanks for mentioning that applications Brandon.

I forgot to mention those and their effect.

Much Appreciated !

Re: Filter out whatsapp video only from PA220

Brandon_Wertz — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:29:07 GMT

@MP18 NP...Yeah I learned that lesson the hard way about 10 years ago when I first deployed Palos...Flash, RTP...all that stuff will render a page useless if you're not careful haha