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can WebControl disable whole Internet ?

ChristianKL

Hi,

is it possible to disable complete internet access with webcontrol and not just categories ?

i could disable the browser with application control, but we need the browser for the intranet.

i just want to disable some devices for internet access.

any idea how to manage this with sophos tools ?

thx christian

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    Hello Christian

    As you can't have it both ways there will always be some cases which can't be handled conveniently (or not at all) - admittedly for your purpose an "allow precedence" would be ideal. Don't forget that Web Control is real-time so it mustn't be too complex (people are complaining about performance even without it :smileywink:).

    so this would be an all in one feature of sophos, and there is no need to configure network or firewall settings

    The endpoint should only come into play when necessary (this includes its role as "last defense"). It is also subject to tampering in various ways. For example Web Control blocking of IP ranges can be bypassed (depending on the settings maybe quite easily). If you don't have complete control over the devices there are always ways to "sneak out".

    Considering the cases where Web Control might be used in absence of a gateway solution it probably makes sense though to make allow override both categories and block list.

    Christian

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    Hello Christian

    As you can't have it both ways there will always be some cases which can't be handled conveniently (or not at all) - admittedly for your purpose an "allow precedence" would be ideal. Don't forget that Web Control is real-time so it mustn't be too complex (people are complaining about performance even without it :smileywink:).

    so this would be an all in one feature of sophos, and there is no need to configure network or firewall settings

    The endpoint should only come into play when necessary (this includes its role as "last defense"). It is also subject to tampering in various ways. For example Web Control blocking of IP ranges can be bypassed (depending on the settings maybe quite easily). If you don't have complete control over the devices there are always ways to "sneak out".

    Considering the cases where Web Control might be used in absence of a gateway solution it probably makes sense though to make allow override both categories and block list.

    Christian

    :26667
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