Can I block HTTPS traffic using URL filtering?
The URL filtering can block the HTTP traffic but not the HTTPS traffic in Internet Explorer. For example, the website http://www.facebook.com is blocked by the URL filtering while the https://www.facebook.com cannot be blocked. You cannot also block the HTTPS traffic during InPrivate browsing in Internet Explorer. Is there any solution for blocking the HTTPS traffic using URL filteri
Usually normal content filtering will block http, but not https. There are some other things that can be done to block https-sites. 1. You can create a firewall rule for https to the given site ip-address(es). 2. Add a FQDN DNS-record in the firewall that points *.facebook.com to 0.0.0.0.