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Title: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: thinlizzie on May 10, 2010, 02:31:29 PM
Is this possible, when I use web filtering to block facebook it works, but my kid has found that if she simply adds the "s" for SSL facebook will work.

I used nslookup and blocked the 4 IPs it found, still no go, she can get on.  When I attempt to add an https site the router tells me it doesn't support this option. 

Ideas?  Part of the reason I bought a decent router was for exactly this reason.
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: FurryNutz on May 10, 2010, 03:50:31 PM
can you add the HTTPS address to the filter?
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: Smith on May 10, 2010, 04:10:21 PM
I have the same issue you can only use http. Not HTTPS the router does not support it the filter on their router does not work very well any way i tried to block facebook to no such luck..
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: thinlizzie on May 10, 2010, 06:09:40 PM
Nope, that is the issue, you can't add https to the filter.  I'm hoping a D-Link engineer will chime in on the topic...
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: zippoking on May 11, 2010, 06:23:07 AM
Isn't that part of the point of the secure connection, hiding what you're doing from source to destination?  I hate facebook, but I hate censorship more!!!
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: thinlizzie on May 11, 2010, 03:17:22 PM
When you have a 13 year old girl that is yours seeing things she shouldn't - you'll think a whole lot differently about censorship.
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: FurryNutz on May 11, 2010, 03:32:34 PM
How about trying a 3rd party proxy SW application to block?
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: Squirrel2 on May 11, 2010, 05:21:45 PM
How about editing the HOSTS file on the computer instead?
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: HankRiker on May 13, 2010, 10:30:05 PM
Quote from: thinlizzie on May 10, 2010, 02:31:29 PM
Is this possible, when I use web filtering to block facebook it works, but my kid has found that if she simply adds the "s" for SSL facebook will work.

I used nslookup and blocked the 4 IPs it found, still no go, she can get on.  When I attempt to add an https site the router tells me it doesn't support this option. 

Ideas?  Part of the reason I bought a decent router was for exactly this reason.

Have you considered using OpenDNS http://www.opendns.com/ (http://www.opendns.com/) ?

OpenDNS Basic is free and includes:


Web Content Filtering
More than 50 categories of content. No appliance necessary. Effective against proxies, P2P, Web 2.0, adult and more.

Hope this helps,
Hank
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: vlj9r on May 14, 2010, 03:55:43 AM
I use openDNS and it works great!
Be sure to install one of their ip updaters on one of your pcs. 

jr
Title: Re: Blocking SSL sites (like facebook) on the DGL-4500
Post by: bryants1 on May 15, 2010, 09:19:47 AM
Have you tried just denying "facebook.com" (without the quotes)? That should work according to the help section.