Website that is blocked at router / modem level still accesable
I've blocked several websites at a router / modem level (not sure which one as we have an all in one router / modem - which is a BT 2Wire unit) most of the blocks work fine, but some of the websites we we've blocked are still accessible.
One of the websites is for our online backup providers dashboard, the reason it needs to be blocked is that the software runs on users computers, and with one click on the “my files” from the backup client on their machine, they can access the entire backup dashboard for all our connected machines (ideally users would not have this option, but they do).
Interestingly if you visit the site normally ie. open a browser and type in the address it shows up as blocked.
Ive blocked the site on the router but because of the way its assessed ie. the desktop client launches a browser it some how manages to bypass this, any ideas how i can prevent this ?
Also whats odd is that twitter.com is still available even after explicitly blocking both twitter.com and . Any ideas ?
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I can’t find an emulator for that router or the relevant configuration information in the manual, but it sounds like you have used the URL-blocking function as opposed to the domain-blocking function.
In the screenshot below, the router (a D-Link) differentiates URL blocking from domain blocking and behaves differently depending on which you use. Your router may be similar and offer different blocking mechanisms. In your case, you should use the domain-blocking function. Also, make sure to use the correct blocking mode, that is, depending on your situation, either set it to allow all except the listed ones, or deny all except the listed ones.
