Blocking Websites by Categories based action - not blocked on MacOS

[haigy 0]

We are using the latest version of ESET Endpoint Security 6.9.200 on MacOS. I am trying to block websites by categories for example all adult websites, all gambling websites etc.

My settings:

Web access protection - ports used by HTTP protocol (80, 8080, 3128,443)

Web control - Categories based action - categories Adults, Gambling etc, Access rights Blocked, Severity Always.

These websites are not being blocked I am able to access all gambling websites etc. It works if I block by URL but not category. 

Anyone able to tell me why? Thanks.

 

 

[Marcos 5,074]

Please provide some examples of websites that were not blocked. Are they blocked on Windows? Are there also http websites that were not blocked?

[haigy 0]

I haven't checked Windows yet.

Example gambling websites: bet365.com, ladbrokes.com, skybet.com, 32red.com, williamhill.com. 

[Marcos 5,074]

I'd recommend opening a ticket with your local ESET support and providing them logs collected as per https://support.eset.com/en/kb3404 for perusal. The issue may be caused by the fact that SSL filtering is not supported on Mac or there's a problem communicating with ESET's DNS servers to retrieve website categories if filtering doesn't work with http websites either.