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08-16-2023 06:43 AM
Hi!
Unless I've been dumb enough to miss them, the Palo Alto URL filtering database lacks a category for suicide/self-harm promotion sites. I've now been asked for a second time if we could block such sites. As a higher education institute, we're really rather interested in such blocking such categories - who knows? It may be the tipping point for other HE institutions into purchasing the license for URL filtering.
I've already logged this as a feature request through our support channel (Khipu) but if other people could weigh in, it might encourage Palo Alto that this is a desirable feature.
08-16-2023 07:05 AM - edited 08-16-2023 07:07 AM
Hello MikeMeredith,
If you have already raised a feature request to your account team (I am not aware of Khipu), you need to wait it is implemented (unfortunately, I do not have a timeline).
Now until there is such category, you can opt for a block by default and only allow some approved category (instead of allow all minus self harm // you allow only the categories you want).
Also, in the meantime, if you have some URLs of website, you can test the website against https://urlfiltering.paloaltonetworks.com/.
So you can block the category.
Or if there are some child protection associations which maintain a harmful URL list, you can use the EDL feature.
Not totally related, but this PANCast episode may give some ideas too.
Olivier
PCSNE - CISSP
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08-16-2023 07:12 AM
Hi!
Thanks for the response. Blocking everything but sites categorised by Palo Alto would make management very twitchy - HE is customarily not in favour of censureship except on a case by case (it's a topic for discussion with senior management and has been for 3 months at least). Yes an EDL could also function, but these are adults not children. New 18-year old students may be very young adults but they're still not children!
08-16-2023 06:26 PM
Hello MikeMeredith,
My bad, I used the wrong word, but the idea is the same.
I guess some association preventing against self-harm/suicide may have done a URL list.
Until the category is made, I think it is something to explore (your organisation can initiate the URL list, if it is not done by someone else, so that benefits to all schools / universities).
Olivier
PCSNE - CISSP
Best Effort contributor
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Disclaimer : All messages are my personal ones and do not represent my company's view in any way.
08-22-2023 02:02 AM
It's been accepted as a feature request.
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