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Web Protection not blocking new URLs

JimmyM
I'm trying to block access to Facebook

If I add the following line to the "Block these URL/Sites" --> Regular Expressions
^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?ivillage\.com/

I get the warning that the site has been blocked when I browse to http://www.ivillage.com

However, if I add these... (I found several variations in the forums)
^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?facebook\.com/
^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]\.)*facebook\.com/
^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.)?facebook\.com/

I can still access https://www.facebook.com

Why?


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    Riiight. Rookie mistake. Oops.
    I thought it would do URL filtering on HTTPS sites since the HTTPS protocol is in the Advanced Tab of the Web Filtering page. The "SSL Scanning" checkboxes applied to anti-virus scanning. Plainly I was wrong.

    I turned on SSL scanning and now facebook is blocked due to it being a Social Network. Great. However, Now ANY HTTPS site throws a certificate exception. Even https sites I add to the Exceptions tab.
    Yahoo Mail for example (^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?yahoo\.com/)

    Any way to have it COMPLETELY ignore sites in the exceptions tab?
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    Riiight. Rookie mistake. Oops.
    I thought it would do URL filtering on HTTPS sites since the HTTPS protocol is in the Advanced Tab of the Web Filtering page. The "SSL Scanning" checkboxes applied to anti-virus scanning. Plainly I was wrong.

    I turned on SSL scanning and now facebook is blocked due to it being a Social Network. Great. However, Now ANY HTTPS site throws a certificate exception. Even https sites I add to the Exceptions tab.
    Yahoo Mail for example (^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?yahoo\.com/)

    Any way to have it COMPLETELY ignore sites in the exceptions tab?
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