This article applies to organisations with a 'Hybrid' setup (both On-Premise Appliance and Cloud), as well as On-Premise only and Cloud only setups.
Video platforms like YouTube, Vimeo and DailyMotion are part of the Streaming Media Category. This is automatically blocked by the Core Blocked Content Web Filter policy as part of your default Web Filter policies.
To allow access to a Video streaming platform:
- Check the Category name in Smoothwall’s Blocklist categories.
Tip
If you can’t find a category, you can create a Custom Category.
- Create a Web Filter policy for the Category, with Allow as the Action.
- Order this Allow policy above your Block policy for Core Blocked Content.
You can also:
- Block or allow specific videos.
- Block or allow specific YouTube playlists.
- Set a Time quota to limit access to a specific amount of time using the On-Premise Appliance.
Note
You can’t block or allow channels.