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L1 Bithead

Hi All,

 

I hope all are doing well.

 

I am trying to block a URL on palo alto firewall using custom URL category but firewall is not blocking the traffic and its passing through allow SSL/Web-browsing rule just below it.

 

This is the rule i created:

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Rule 4 is allow rule to access websites, whereas rule 2 is used to block the URL - https://natboard.edu.in/

I created custom URL category:

*.edu.in
*.edu.in/
*.natboard.edu.in
https://natboard.edu.in/
natboard.edu.in

 

Traffic is not hitting rule 2 and traffic goes through rule 4. I created custom application as well by checking server name in wireshark in SNI field - Server Name: natboard.edu.in but it also not worked. rule number 3

 

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I am decrypting SSL traffic as well.

 

Kindly advise.

 

Thanks

2 REPLIES 2

L1 Bithead

Hi,

 

I was able to block this successfully using the following setup.  I also included the wireshark debug for the site.  SNI (Server name indication) allows you to block without actually decrypting the traffic, since this field is unencrypted.

 

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Have a good day,

 

L6 Presenter

@AnkurdattaTraffic logs and cli test commands may give you more clarity on why traffic is not matching expected security policy.

 

Mayur

M

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