Website blocked notification

Hi,

New user to Sophos Central/InterceptX, finding my way around most of it, but a bit puzzled with blocked websites.

Using base policies etc, when a user tries to access a site deemed "dodgy" (pornhub.com for instance) they just get a standard network connected failed type of error, as if the site does not exist. 

How do I setup Sophos so it displays some sort of notification to say its being blocked on purpose ? I can see a lot of helpdesk tickets being raised for "website not working" whereas if they at least get a notification, it gives them so guidance and info before contacting me.

I've not read all the docs yet so an answer prob is in there somewhere, but I need to get this sorted ASAP before we go nuts Slight smile

Thanks!



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[edited by: Gladys at 6:58 AM (GMT -7) on 18 Jul 2022]
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  • We are currently working on HTTPs inspection and its not turned on by default and is still in EAP for a lot of accounts. To turn it on, go to Global Settings> SSL/TLS decryption of HTTPS websites

    If you have access to this - then you can turn it on and HTTPs blocks will generate a block page instead of the website not found display. If you don't see that setting available, you can choose to enroll in the New Endpoint Protection Features EAP to access it (Click on your name in upper right > Early Access Programs)

    Unless the endpoint is configured to decrypt and scan SSL/TLS connections, all it can do is throw up a website not found because we stop the page load but have no way of injecting a new page into the connection.

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