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Working behaviour of Dns and Web policy

sv7
Level 3
Level 3

Hi all,

My organisation needs to create an DNS policy where all the domains (except porn or terrioism) will be allowed and in Web Policy restriction will be configured like below example

IN DNS POLICY (Allowed domains)

Cisco.com, facebook.com, google.com will be allowed

IN WEB POLICY (blocked urls)

cisco.com/login, facebook.com/chat, google.com/mail will be blocked.

Please help me will it work as per stated above or anything else needs to do to achieve the requirement

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aaragonb
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Requirements:

  • DNS policy:
  • Content categories to block: Pornography, Terrorism
  • - Allow list: cisco.com, facebook.com, google.com
  • WEB policy:
  • - Destination list (to block): cisco.com/login, facebook.com/chat, google.com/mail

Results:

(Testing using a W10 with AC)

Test 1: Porn category: http://www.exampleadultsite.com – blocked:

aaragonb_0-1683882160149.png

 

Test 2: cisco.com – allowed:

aaragonb_1-1683882160154.png

 

Test 3: cisco.com/login – blocked:

aaragonb_2-1683882160156.png

 

Test 4: google.com/mail – blocked:

aaragonb_3-1683882160157.png

 

 

Test 5: google.com – allowed:

aaragonb_4-1683882160159.png

It works and achieves the requirements.
Note: HTTPS Inspection needs to be enabled on the Web Policy.

 

 

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aaragonb
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Requirements:

  • DNS policy:
  • Content categories to block: Pornography, Terrorism
  • - Allow list: cisco.com, facebook.com, google.com
  • WEB policy:
  • - Destination list (to block): cisco.com/login, facebook.com/chat, google.com/mail

Results:

(Testing using a W10 with AC)

Test 1: Porn category: http://www.exampleadultsite.com – blocked:

aaragonb_0-1683882160149.png

 

Test 2: cisco.com – allowed:

aaragonb_1-1683882160154.png

 

Test 3: cisco.com/login – blocked:

aaragonb_2-1683882160156.png

 

Test 4: google.com/mail – blocked:

aaragonb_3-1683882160157.png

 

 

Test 5: google.com – allowed:

aaragonb_4-1683882160159.png

It works and achieves the requirements.
Note: HTTPS Inspection needs to be enabled on the Web Policy.