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BUG - logviewer search for specific category does not work fully.

Hi folks,

sometime ago I logged a question about how a home user is able to have a website classification changed and was advised to use the logviewer to find the specific URL.

I have tried many different ways and so far none have produced a valid result when searching for e-commerce. So I tried today under v18 to see if the search issue had been fixed and appears not. I can search for other categories in both web and application logviewer displays, just not e-commerce.

Ian

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  • There is no application category Advertising.  The two applications with "advert" in their name are both categorized as e-commerce.  I do not believe the current application category is wrong.

    I am not sure, but it may be that the Log Viewer > Application filter only shows blocks, not allows.

    You can create an application filter that selects an individual application and blocks it, then use the application filter within your firewall rule.

    When you have done so, if it is blocked you should see it in the Log Viewer > Application filter.  You might be able to search by timestamp to see if there is a related http/https traffic, but there may not be (application filters can apply to more than just http/https).

     

    Note: This has nothing to do with v18.  v17.5 behaves exactly the same.

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