TechSupp Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 We have filtering of websites done by our LA but just for a few sites so we can allow certain ones for teachers but not for pupils we have used the Website blocking facility of AB Tutor. Worked well until....found out that a site blocked under IE is not blocked when accessed using Google Chrome! Anyone had this and is there a fix?
rush_tech Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Yes that is what we found as well, unfortunately the fix that we got from ABtutor was to block chrome with ABtutor and to use IE . I'm not sure if this has been fixed in version 8
TechSupp Posted January 12, 2015 Author Posted January 12, 2015 Thanks! Waiting for their reply. That's not exactly a solution at all as what if we only used Chrome, as it is I put Chrome on because we had problems getting IE10/11 working to pick up our proxy settings (still on 2008 server) we needed it for certain websites due to the content.
TechSupp Posted January 12, 2015 Author Posted January 12, 2015 Word back is that it is to do with how Chrome picks up the proxy and a fix is on its way, In Beta test at the moment so will let you know.
TechSupp Posted January 15, 2015 Author Posted January 15, 2015 Installed the Beta and it works so long as you don't have the proxy set in a GPO for Chrome, we did but once I removed it and let Chrome take the system settings (apparently AB Tutor sets Chrome to use a system proxy and having it set via GPO upsets it) it worked and blocked the sites in our block list, happy bunny now.
TechSupp Posted January 17, 2015 Author Posted January 17, 2015 Right, although the Beta worked after I removed the proxy from Chrome GPO I found to my horror when I had a class in the suite that random PC's did not get the Internet! ( my fault should have tested more before deploying!). Anyway, eventually figured out it was AB Tutor when I checked the Proxy settings and they had been set to a local 127.0 etc IP with a port 4999 or something similar ( brain fade). Changed GPO settings back to original, redeployed previous version of AB Tutor, removed web filter AB policy and gpupdate and a shutdown and restart seemed to eventually cure it. Phew! However now got no school based web filter ( still got LA filtering). AB was handy as I could apply it to particular PC's.
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