Manage access to specific websites and services

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Allow users to bypass the Block page and access a blocked website   When applying filtering from the On-Premise Appliance, users can bypass or override a website Block page using the...
Smoothwall shortcuts to quickly block access   Creating or editing a Custom Category and using it in a Web Filter Policy can take time. To urgently block access,...
Quick block or allow URLs and domains   You can block or allow URLs and domains in a few ways: Add domains or URLs to a Custom Category and then use it ...
Quick block users at a location from accessing the Web   You can quickly block users from accessing the web for entire locations using Location Blocking. Go to Guardian...
URL or domain filtering to block or allow access to websites   Smoothwall has built-in Blocklist Categories to prevent access to unsafe or distracting websites and domains. You ...
Block Web Proxies and VPNs This article outlines how to implement the firewall, inspection, and filtering controls required to prevent users fr...
Search term filtering to block or allow searching for specific words or phrases   Smoothwall has built-in Blocklist Categories containing keywords, phrases and patterns to prevent access to undesi...
Block access to streaming media platforms, videos, and playlists   You can manage video access on platforms like YouTube, Vimeo and DailyMotion by applying policies from On-Premise ...
Issues with ConnectWise Control (Screen Connect) Summary ConnectWise Control is a Remote Desktop software suite that can be used for Remote Support, Remote Access and...
Block or allow specific videos   You can block or allow access to specific videos using the URL (using Cloud Filter) or the video ID (found near or...
Block or allow video playlists   You can block or allow access to specific YouTube playlists if: YouTube is blocked, and you want to allow access ...
Block YouTube Shorts The method for preventing users from seeing or watching YouTube Shorts depends on the platform you use to filter dev...
Temporarily block web browsing for users   You can temporarily ban users by adding them to the Banned users group, then block web browsing using a Web Filte...
Allow access to Minecraft   You can allow users access to play Minecraft without allowing access to all online games or computer games. Creat...
Allow access to a game console   Game consoles use a large number of ports to connect to online services. By default, Smoothwall blocks these ports...
Allow access to websites that don’t use port 80 or 443   Some websites don't use the standard ports 80 or 443 and instead connect through a non-standard port. Your users m...
Block Google Drive Downloads and Uploads   If you allow access to Google Drive, you can block users from downloading and uploading documents. When this is se...
Allow access to Dropbox   You can allow access to the Dropbox desktop app or browser website. Step 1: Create a Web Filter Policy Create a ...