Firewall Rules Layer 7

[it.hmc]

Good day,

We are looking for advice, we block all the social media sites in the firewall rules layer 7, and it's all working fine in the browser. However, mobile application social media still working and they can browse.

Thanks in advance

[balaji.bandi]

Check how is your network configured, if the browsers configured proxy ?

[Richard Burts]

How are the mobile applications connected? Do they have exactly the same path to the Internet as computers do?

[it.hmc]

Thanks for your response, mobile devices are connected to our access points only social media applications still working, and in the browser, it's all blocked.

[it.hmc]

Thanks for your response we are not using any proxy. we don't have any issue with our browser once the mobile devices are connected to our access points they can access the social media to their applications but we block all the social media sites in the firewall layer 7.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

which firewall do you have, and what are you blocking ? Mobile apps use many domains, and just blocking *facebook won't be enough.

Try and add at least all of the below:

facebook.com
facebook.com.edgekey.net
facebook.com.edgesuite.net
facebook.net
facebook.net.edgekey.net
fb.me
fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net
fbcdn.com
fbcdn.net
fbsbx.com
fbsbx.com.online-metrix.net
instagram.com
instagramstatic-a.akamaihd.net
instagramstatic-a.akamaihd.net.edgesuite.net
m.me
messenger.com
tfbnw.net
whatsapp.com

[it.hmc]

Hi, we are using Meraki MX and we want to block also social media mobile applications like Facebook. However, we will try to add the one you provide thank you.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

the list I posted is far from comprehensive. Github (linked below) has a much more extensive list...

https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/blob/master/social-hosts

[banlisie33]

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