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Solution found for Netflix streaming on mobile with web filtering enabled

I know other admins have been looking for a solution to allow streaming Netflix content without whitelisting a device. Another user posted a solution in the XG Group that worked for me with UTM9

https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/f/129/t/74689

The same logic could probably be used for other streaming services as well. 



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  • Those are some crazy rules, I just added their two huge IP blocks to the skip destination list (108.175.32.0/20, 23.246.0.0/17), and this one rule:

     

    Authentication / Caching / Block by download size / Antivirus / Extension blocking / MIME type blocking / URL Filter / Content Removal / SSL scanning / Certificate trust check / Certificate date check / Blocked page logging / Do not display download/scan progress page
    Matching these URLs: ^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?netflix\.com\.?/

    I also put netflix.com in the default content filter website whitelist with the all subdomains box checked.  Sometimes, it takes a couple seconds longer than I expect for the stream to start, but it always starts (tested on Tivo, Andriod, Windows 10 browser and app, and I think iOS, but i don't remember).

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  • Those are some crazy rules, I just added their two huge IP blocks to the skip destination list (108.175.32.0/20, 23.246.0.0/17), and this one rule:

     

    Authentication / Caching / Block by download size / Antivirus / Extension blocking / MIME type blocking / URL Filter / Content Removal / SSL scanning / Certificate trust check / Certificate date check / Blocked page logging / Do not display download/scan progress page
    Matching these URLs: ^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?netflix\.com\.?/

    I also put netflix.com in the default content filter website whitelist with the all subdomains box checked.  Sometimes, it takes a couple seconds longer than I expect for the stream to start, but it always starts (tested on Tivo, Andriod, Windows 10 browser and app, and I think iOS, but i don't remember).

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