topic URL Filterging blade with "URL Filterging" category object in General Topics

URL Filterging blade with "URL Filterging" category object

Francesco-P — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 08:27:52 GMT

Hi all,

in a R80.20 (T91) virtual env for testing, i have a regular https traffic to google.com blocked by URL Filtering when the category "URL Filterging" is added in the rule base Service & Application column.
This category block also other legittimate sites: linuxmint.com,yahoo.com,cisco.com with different Primary Category
What's the porpouse of this object?

Is there a way to know what's included in the objects like the above or the "High Bandwidth" which contains 1574 applications?

Re: URL Filterging blade with "URL Filterging" category object

PhoneBoy — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 23:33:24 GMT

The URL Filtering category will match any URL that has been categorized by Check Point.
You can see this by opening the Application picker and searching for it.

We do not expose what URLs/Applications are included as part of the various categories.
However, a few examples are sometimes listed as part of the description.

Re: URL Filterging blade with "URL Filterging" category object

Francesco-P — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:44:40 GMT

Thank you PhoneBoy...
So, probably the URL Filtering category block google.com (and the others) for wrong categorization?

Re: URL Filterging blade with "URL Filterging" category object

PhoneBoy — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 05:05:22 GMT

google.com and the others are categorized by our URL Filtering.
This means, in addition to whatever categories those URLs match, they will also match the tag "URL Filtering".
Since that's included in a Drop rule, those destinations are getting dropped.

Re: URL Filterging blade with "URL Filterging" category object

Francesco-P — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 07:58:13 GMT

Ok... now i get your first clarification...
Thank you!!