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08-03-2011 05:36 AM
Hey guys,
I have a theoretical question regarding a issue i had today.
A user called and said that google-translate was blocked. I couldn't understand that, since i knew that we've allowed that.
I went to http://translate.google.com and sure enough, "Application Blocked".
I went to the monitor tab on the firewall web interface and set a filter for google-translate applications. I was surprised to see that allow/deny actions were 50/50. Some users got a allow, others a deny.
Eventually, by accident, i opened a new browser window and navigated to http://translate.google.dk
We're based in Denmark, so thats the TLD for us.
And woop woop, no problems there.
So I've told my users to use the .dk extension instead..
But what is happening? Why is google's localization system interfering with my application rules ??
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08-04-2011 12:35 PM
We have identified the issue and are working to provide a fix in the next content version.
Content version 259 introduced two new application functions for google-translate, one each for auto and manual.
But traffic to the landing page is neither of these, and may be blocked if you have a deny-all rule at the bottom.
As a workaround, you can revert to content version 258, or, you can create a custom app with a different name (e.g. custom-google-translate) that looks for the pattern “translate.google.com” in the http-req-host-header, and add that app to the allow rule.
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08-03-2011 06:45 AM
It appears that in the 259-1078 application signatures dated 2 Aug 2011, Google Translate may be identified as google-translate or google-plus-base. With these application signatures, even if the google-translate application is permitted, you may still be getting blocks.
In addition, google-translate has been branched out into 3 applications in this version: google-translate, google-translate-auto and google-translate-manual. http://translate.google.com is blocked even allowing all 3 applications.
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08-03-2011 08:20 AM
I'd just add, that 3 indepent users have reported that untill today they had no issues whatsoever, with translate.google.com
So an error in the update would seem likely
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08-04-2011 08:27 AM
i'm having the same issue with google-translate is allowed but it is still being blocked. I have allowed google-plus-base as well and it is still being blocked. I'm opening a case with support to get this hot-fixed.
thanks
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08-04-2011 08:29 AM
The status of the case I created yesterday, after being escalated, is "Researching."
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