URL in a rule

[jdprovine]

Can you create a security rule that allows access from a specific IP address/laptop to a specific URL address? No we do not have the licensing for URL filtering

[BPry · Accepted solution]

@jdprovine,

I believe you should be able to still make a custom URL category and fitler on that even without the license, but I could be wrong on that. 

[jdprovine]

@BPry

and add it to services\url category

and create it here to add to the rule in the above location

[BPry]

@jdprovine,

Correct, if you do that this should function fine as long as you can actually capture the URL within the packet header this should function perfectly fine. 

[jdprovine]

@BPry

I will give it a try thanks 

[jdprovine]

@BPry

Okay I created a custom URL and added it to a security rule - ready to test

[jdprovine]

@BPry

It didn't work I must be missing something

[jdprovine]

@BPry

Does the URL have to be in a specific format

[BPry]

@jdprovine,

Not really just standard PA URL formating. What exactly did you use as the format? 

[jdprovine]

@BPry

I used this https://mywebsite.somewher.com

[BPry]

@jdprovine,

I generally leave out http(s) and would simply leave this as mywebsite.somewhere.com instead. 

[jdprovine]

@BPry

Okay I will remove the https:// and see what happens

[jdprovine]

@BPry

That did the trick - what would I do with out your help? LOL