Smoothwall and Vimeo

[fiza]

For a long time now we have blocked access to Vimeo but allowed access to specific videos by setting up Smoothwall according to these instructions https://kb.smoothwall.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002033410-Allowing-Access-to-View-Embedded-Vimeo-Videos

 

In the past few days I noticed that staff and students can access vimeo.com without getting blocked.

Nothing has changed in the policy so I am not sure why staff and students can suddenly get to vimeo.

[ibpalle]

Can you see the log entries for access to Vimeo in the Guardian logs?

 

Is QUIC outgoing being blocked for users? (UDP ports 80 and 443)

[fiza]

Can you see the log entries for access to Vimeo in the Guardian logs?

 

Is QUIC outgoing being blocked for users? (UDP ports 80 and 443)

 

We have the QUIC Content modification policy enabled and always have done.

[ibpalle]

The QUIC content modification policy is good but won't work if the browser is already in QUIC mode. Ideally you will need to block QUIC on the firewall level too.

[Norphy]

For a belt and braces approach, you can disable QUIC in the browser with a GPO with Chrome and Edge as well

[fiza]

The QUIC content modification policy is good but won't work if the browser is already in QUIC mode. Ideally you will need to block QUIC on the firewall level too.

 

Our firewall is controlled by our ISP and they have confirmed that QUIC is blocked.

[fiza]

For a belt and braces approach, you can disable QUIC in the browser with a GPO with Chrome and Edge as well

 

Will give that a go but the strange thing is that is has worked this way for many years and Vimeo has remained blocked but suddenly isn’t anymore. I have raised a ticket with smoothwall for someone to take a look for us.