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UTM running Full Transparent, web filtering not working

I have my UTM (9.404-5) running in full transparent mode. I have activated web filtering .. but it's not working. I have put in a website under the "Block these websites" section (www.technewsworld and technewsworld.com) for testing purposes. No websites are blocked however. I can browse right to them.

Any suggestions for places to look for incorrect configuration? My network setup is Cable modem >Cisco router>UTM 9 (Bridged)>Switch>PCs.

Looking at the web filtering live log, I see several entries that say "failed to resolve passthrough6.fw-notify.net"

Thank you .. This is driving me crazy!

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0 sachingurung over 7 years ago

HI,

I would suggest you to add FQDN of the website in the Block these website section. For example. www.technewsworld.com also. can you please post the configuration screenshot for the global settings and the filter action configured.

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0 ScottDickason over 7 years ago

I'm having the same issue and the same entries in the Web filtering log.

Here is the Global config...

Here is the filter config...

There are dozens of domains in the blacklist, but none are actually being blocked. When I run the domain through the Policy Helpdesk is says it should be blocked but if I browse to the site on a PC I get through just fine.

Another strange symptom is that when I try to view any of the Web Protection reports there is nothing in the reports. They all say "No data" or "Empty result".

I have another Sophos appliance at my other location with the exact same settings and it is working fine.
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0 sachingurung over 7 years ago in reply to ScottDickason

Hi Scott,

Try to add RegEx in place of domain. RegEx for Netflix will be:

^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?www\.netflix\.com/

Finally, restart httpproxy, take SSH to UTM and execute /var/mdw/scripts/httpproxy restart

Also, can you post http.log while trying to access netflix.com after making the changes?

Thanks

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0 ScottDickason over 7 years ago in reply to sachingurung

logfiles_20160914083148.zip

Reg expression added.

httpproxy has been restarted.

Log file is attached.

Still not working. The issue is more than just Netflix not being blocked....None of the more than a dozen websites in the blacklist are being blocked. I think these are symptoms of a larger problem.
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0 BAlfson over 7 years ago in reply to ScottDickason

Hi, Scott, and welcome to the UTM Community!

There's nothing being blocked because the traffic is bypassing Web Filtering. Please show a picture of the 'Global' tab. You didn't say so, but I assume that the UTM is running in bridged mode between your internal network and your edge router - correct?

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0 ScottDickason over 7 years ago in reply to BAlfson

Same settings (except the LAN definition) are working fine on the Sophos appliance (same model) at our other location.
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0 BAlfson over 7 years ago in reply to ScottDickason

Is the network topology the same in both locations? You didn't confirm my guess.

Please insert a picture of the 'Interfaces' tab.

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0 ScottDickason over 7 years ago in reply to BAlfson

Topology is the same at both locations.
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0 BAlfson over 7 years ago in reply to ScottDickason

What happens if you disable "Management Interface 2" or assign it to a subnet that doesn't conflict with that on br0? See #3.1 in Rulz.

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0 ScottDickason over 7 years ago in reply to BAlfson

I disabled management interface 2. No change. Restarted the device. No change.
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