https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150136#M24218 <P>These are all the settings that I see on r81, with such settings there is still a problem, advanced settings could not be found&nbsp;</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:14:42 GMT Arturxr 2022-06-03T13:14:42Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150130#M24215 <P>the forbidden site is not blocked on the first try, but is blocked after the page is refreshed, blocking using ready-made application objects in the checkpoint, blocking works when creating a custom application by url, but some sites continue to open. For example: you need to block &lt;site name&gt;/&lt;name&gt; but still allow the main page of the site &lt;site name&gt;</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:19:49 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150130#M24215 Arturxr 2022-06-03T12:19:49Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150132#M24216 <P>The behavior you are seeing is being driven by whether you have full HTTPS Inspection enabled vs. just Categorize HTTPS Sites, and also whether Website Categorization Mode is set to Background or Hold in APCL/URLF Filtering Settings.&nbsp; See these articles:</P> <P><A class="cp_link sc_ellipsis" href="https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&amp;solutionid=sk105642&amp;partition=Advanced&amp;product=Application" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sk105642: Allowed site is blocked on first attempt, then allowed on second attempt</A></P> <P><A class="cp_link sc_ellipsis" href="https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&amp;solutionid=sk107745&amp;partition=Advanced&amp;product=Application" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sk107745: Blocked site is allowed on first attempt but blocked on the second one</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:37:42 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150132#M24216 Timothy_Hall 2022-06-03T12:37:42Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150136#M24218 <P>These are all the settings that I see on r81, with such settings there is still a problem, advanced settings could not be found&nbsp;</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:14:42 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150136#M24218 Arturxr 2022-06-03T13:14:42Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150139#M24219 <P>Just to clarify, are you saying this is exact same behavior for EVERY website thats supposed to be blocked or just one?</P> <P>Andy</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:28:24 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150139#M24219 the_rock 2022-06-03T13:28:24Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150150#M24226 <P>Can you get us some screenshots on how you defined the "Banned Site" and what you see on Logs when you access that site first time - as it's allowed - and 2nd time when it's blocked .</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you,</P><P>PS: previous screenshot is not helping much, as that is about HTTPS engine behavior, not how is going to block things...</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:23:22 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/the-banned-site-is-not-blocked-on-the-first-try-but-is-blocked/m-p/150150#M24226 Sorin_Gogean 2022-06-03T14:23:22Z