Maybe this is a tricky one. I want to block all TikTok like content on my network. Block TikTok is easier because TikTok only offers TikTok like content (short videos algorithm suggested and etc) But YouTube and Instagram it's different. I…

Hej, I would like to block all url shorteners. Is there a corresponding option in the XG? I have only found the possibility to maintain a list manually or to include an external URL database. Can anyone support me with this? Thanks! Best Regards…

Hey there, I have a web filter policy like that: Why there is a web request blocked which is in a category which is not blocked by the web policy? Thanks!

Hi , I am on Sophos XG 18.5. URL to block: www.google.com/.../ads.js I have added a custom blocking category with keyword filters like below www.google.com/adsense/search/ads.js search/ads.js adsense/search/ads.js but this does not block…

Hi. Regarding Sophos XG, under menu Protect --> Web ---> Categories I have created an external URL database to keep a centralized Black List of domains. it works fine but it seems that it only refreshes the contents of the .txt file every 24/48…

Hello there, Can we export a list of default categories that can be blocked by Sophos? If we can save this as pdf or word file , it would be good Thank you.

Hi I have a requirement to block some streaming sites such as Youtube from user access. I know it can be done by using the native default Video Hosting Category. However, when we use that, it block all video hosting services. I want to use more specific…

If I do a policy test for https://sophostest.com/adult/index.html the Web Protection Category is marked as "Information Technology" If I do a policy test for http://sophostest.com/adult/index.html the Web Protection Category is marked as " Sexually…

Hi, I'm new to XG and am setting up web content filtering. I may be missing something, but I'm trying to set up an "Activities" group adding my own selection of Categories, and I don't see "porn" as a category. I do see "Sexually Explicit", but the…

Hi Everyone I want to use create a custom Category pointing to an external URL database. The category seems to work fine is the numbers of records is relative small (I've tried <200). Does anyone know what the max record limit for external URL database…

Today i was trying to edit a custom Web categorie. This Categorie consists of both URL's as well as keywords. My purpose was tot delet the last keyword in the categorie. This does not seem to be possible. When i delete the last enkeyword entry and click…

Since i am downloading lots of different files, perusable from different categories (.lha .rar, .exe, .d81 ) etc, i thought the best way to deal with this was just to add an ;'exception' in Sophos XG under "Web" Basically, its Amiga manuals and such…

Hi, is there a way to group whole URLs to a custom Webcategory? Example: MyBusinessSites: * https://mybank.com/subsite1 * https://marketing.com/mycomany and so on? PaloAlto firrewalls have these feature.