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External Dynamic List & URL Filtering

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Hello all, I want to use an EDL to try to whitelist a group of approved sites for users and block all other sites. In URL Filtering, I have all other categories set to block, and just allowing the EDL. However, when a user tries to go to one of those sites (for example - *.lync.com), he is getting blocked and the category is showing as internet-communications-and-telephony. I verified the EDL is pulling in the list of sites in the EDL so I would have assumed the category would have shown the EDL name in the URL Filtering logs. I know I could just create a new URL category and add the sites from the EDL into it and it would work, but I would prefer to use the EDL. The reason is so one of our IT staff without PA access can still add a site in if needed. I thought I could add the EDL in the security policy as a destination, but I can't add it since it's a dynamic URL list. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Cyber Elite
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@Samtec-Matt,

I'm not exactly sure when this ability was added, but with 8.0.* you should be able to utilize an EDL with a Security Policy to just allow those URLs. With that done you could continue to block all of the other categories in a seperate security policy to ensure that it still functions as you want. I assume that you are simply running an older software version that doesn't have this feature.

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Cyber Elite
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@Samtec-Matt,

I'm not exactly sure when this ability was added, but with 8.0.* you should be able to utilize an EDL with a Security Policy to just allow those URLs. With that done you could continue to block all of the other categories in a seperate security policy to ensure that it still functions as you want. I assume that you are simply running an older software version that doesn't have this feature.

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Thanks for the reply BPry.

I am running 8.0.6-h3 code on the PA. So are you saying to add the EDL (CR Work Related Sites) in the Security Policy -> Service/URL Category -> URL Category?

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Then do a second security policy to block all the rest?

 

Thanks!

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