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Indicator allow/block list not working over Web Content Filtering
Hi all, We have Web Content Filtering to block selected categories. WCF is working well as intended that browsing the selected categories is blocked on both Edge and Chrome browsers. We also...
- It ended up being such an obvious one. Sharing it here in case anyone struggle to get it working for the same reason.
Go to Microsoft 365 Defender Admin Portal > Settings > Endpoints > Advanced Features.
Enable "Custom Network Indicators".
we run over this discussion last week , check below discussion it might help you with your issue
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-defender/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-web-filtering-problem/m-p/3935249#M1532
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-defender/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-web-filtering-problem/m-p/3935249#M1532
elieelkarkafi Thanks for your feedback. However, it appears the discussion you mentioned is about WCF not working on 3rd party browsers due to lack of support on SSL inspection. In our case, WCF works well with both Edge and Chrome browsers. Our issue is the list of URLs/Domain in the indicators to override WCF settings are not being followed by the end devices on either Edge or Chrome browsers.
Thanks,
IsaacPark did you had the chance to check web protection reports to see the streaming web categories and how the URL format that is being blocked?
- did you try to create Mutiple custom indicators to cover Mutiple format for youtube ? for example ind1 : youtube.com , ind2 : www.youtube.com, ind3 : https://www.youtube.com/ , etc ... ? adding custom indicators will allow you to override the blocked category.