How can I block multimedia site and Apps (youtube.com etc.) using Application Control?

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How can I bock multimedia site and Apps (youtube.com etc.) using Application Control (5.8 onwards). This is a scenario based article of the SonicWall App Control Advanced feature. In this scenario we describe how to block Multimedia Apps like YouTube.com.

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This release includes significant user interface changes and many new features that are different from the SonicOS 6.5 and earlier firmware. The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 7.X firmware.

Navigate to Policy | Security Services | App Controll.
Toggle the Enable App Control button.
Click on Signatures tab.
Under Viewed by drop down select Category.
Under category drop down MultiMedia.
Click Configure.
In the Edit App Control Category window, select Enable under the Block and Log fields.
Click OK .

locking an Individual Multimedia Application or Site EXAMPLE:http://www.youtube.com

Under Viewed by drop down select Application.
Under category drop down select MultiMedia.
Under Application drop down select YouTube.
Click Configure.
In the Edit App Control Category window, select Enable under the Block and Log fields.
Click OK .

Enabling Application Control on zones

Navigate to Object | Match Objects | Zones.
Click the configure button under the zone where you want enable App Control.
Check Enable App Control Service.
Click Save.

Resolution for SonicOS 6.5

This release includes significant user interface changes and many new features that are different from the SonicOS 6.2 and earlier firmware. The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 6.5 firmware.

Blocking Multimedia Category

Login to the SonicWall management GUI.
Click MANAGE on the top bar ,Navigate to the Rules| Advanced Application Control page. In Gen5 TZ devices this page is under Security Services | App Control.
Check the box under Enable App Control and click Accept button at the top to enable App Control.
Under App Control Advanced | View Style select MULTIMEDIA under Category;

Click Configure.
In the Edit App Control Category window, select Enable under the Block and Log fields.
Click OK .

locking an Individual Multimedia Application or Site EXAMPLE:http://www.youtube.com

On the App Control Advanced page, under Advanced Application Control | View Style | Application, select a multimedia application or site. In this example YouTube.
Click Configure.
In the Edit App Control App window, select Enable under the Block and Log fields.
Click OK .

Here is the list of other multimedia applications or sites for which SonicWall App Control has signatures. This list may change as and when a new signature is added:

# Application # Application # Application
1 Autobahn 51 Ku6.com 101 TVKoo
2 Winamp Remote 52 Pandora Radio 102 MeteorNetTV
3 QQ Video 53 Gougou 103 8tracks
4 MySpace Video 54 Webshots 104 GOM Player
5 6cn 55 Last.fm 105 Qvod
6 EveryZing 56 WGCI.com 106 CCTV Box
7 BBC iPlayer 57 OurStage 107 Tseer
8 JumpTV Latino 58 MegaVideo 108 Nullsoft Winamp
9 Photobucket 59 VidiLife 109 Baofeng
10 Hupo 60 Windows Media Guide 110 Windows Media Player
11 Livestream 61 OpenV 111 Orb
12 Flickr 62 Blinkx 112 FastTV
13 Justin.tv 63 Yahoo! Video 113 Sogou Musicbox
14 ABC Streaming Media 64 SinaTV 114 Kuwo
15 Live365 65 PPLive 2.0 115 Funshion
16 Dailymotion 66 TVAnts 116 PPStream
17 Gizmoz 67 Apple iTunes 117 TVU Networks
18 Tudou 68 Veetle 118 UUSee
19 Break 69 Babelgum 119 PPLive
20 Joost 70 QQLive 120 VeohTV
21 Deezer 71 Quicktime 121 Musicmatch
22 Five.tv 72 TuneUp 122 AOL Radio
23 Kugou Music Disk 73 Audiogalaxy Rhapsody 123 Blinkx.com
24 Sohu TV 74 SopCast 124 Slingbox
25 NPR 75 Adobe Media Player 125 Windows Media Audio (WMA)
26 UStream 76 Zilla Mp3 Finder 126 Flash Video (FLV)
27 RuTube 77 PPMate 127 Silverlight
28 CCTV 78 XMMS 128 Windows Media Video (ASF)
29 JumpTV 79 PCast 129 SHOUTcast
30 GOM TV 80 MeaBox 130 Microsoft Media Server (MMS)
31 wwiTV 81 Apple Front Row 131 Sighost
32 Crackle 82 Magic MP3 Tagger 132 Moodstream
33 Facebook Video 83 Juice Receiver 133 Mgoon.com
34 Veoh 84 Hulu 134 Pandora.tv
35 EarthCam 85 VLC Media Player 135 Nate.com
36 Musicovery 86 Boxee 136 PhotoBook
37 Youku 87 AppleTV 137 Jango
38 PodOmatic 88 AIRadio 138 Grooveshark
39 The Hype Machine 89 Apple iPhoto 139 Shufflr
40 CBS Radio Player 90 Accordiva 140 Miro
41 Pixsy 91 RealMedia 141 Voddler
42 Slacker 92 Scramby 142 YouTube
43 Vakaka 93 MvBoxPlayer 143 Doshow
44 YouPorn 94 ADNStream 144 XM Radio Online
45 MeeMix 95 Xunlei Media Player 145 Netflix
46 Radiolicious 96 Zune 146 Spotify
47 Revver 97 Graboid Video 147 Xfinity
48 ShareTheMusic 98 WebcamMax 148 QQMusic
49 iLike 99 AbelCam 149 WinampRC
50 Tagoo 100 PIPI Player 150 SageTV

Enabling Application Control on LAN zone

Click MANAGE on the top bar , Navigate to Network | Zones.
Click configure button under the zone where you want enable App Control.
Check Enable App Control Service.

How to Test

From a host behind the SonicWall, login to www.youtube.com using either HTTP or HTTPS. You will get a The connection was reset page and the following messages will be logged in the SonicWall.
When accessing using HTTPS, user will be allowed into the https://www.youtube.com page but will be unable to play video. The following error will be displayed when trying to play a video.

Resolution for SonicOS 6.2 and Below

The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 6.2 and earlier firmware. For firewalls that are generation 6 and newer we suggest to upgrade to the latest general release of SonicOS 6.5 firmware.

Blocking Multimedia Category

Login to the SonicWall management GUI.
Navigate to the Firewall | App Control Advanced page. In Gen5 TZ devices this page is under Security Services | App Control.
Check the box under Enable App Control and click Accept button at the top to enable App Control.
Under App Control Advanced | View Style select MULTIMEDIA under Category:

Click Configure.
In the Edit App Control Category window, select Enable under the Block and Log fields.
Click OK .

Blocking an Individual Multimedia Application or Site EXAMPLE: http://www.youtube.com

On the App Control Advanced page, under App Control Advanced | View Style | Application, select a multimedia application or site. In this example YouTube.
Click Configure.
In the Edit App Control App window, select Enable under the Block and Log fields.
Click OK .

Here is the list of other multimedia applications or sites for which SonicWall App Control has signatures. This list may change as and when a new signature is added:

# Application # Application # Application
1 Autobahn 51 Ku6.com 101 TVKoo
2 Winamp Remote 52 Pandora Radio 102 MeteorNetTV
3 QQ Video 53 Gougou 103 8tracks
4 MySpace Video 54 Webshots 104 GOM Player
5 6cn 55 Last.fm 105 Qvod
6 EveryZing 56 WGCI.com 106 CCTV Box
7 BBC iPlayer 57 OurStage 107 Tseer
8 JumpTV Latino 58 MegaVideo 108 Nullsoft Winamp
9 Photobucket 59 VidiLife 109 Baofeng
10 Hupo 60 Windows Media Guide 110 Windows Media Player
11 Livestream 61 OpenV 111 Orb
12 Flickr 62 Blinkx 112 FastTV
13 Justin.tv 63 Yahoo! Video 113 Sogou Musicbox
14 ABC Streaming Media 64 SinaTV 114 Kuwo
15 Live365 65 PPLive 2.0 115 Funshion
16 Dailymotion 66 TVAnts 116 PPStream
17 Gizmoz 67 Apple iTunes 117 TVU Networks
18 Tudou 68 Veetle 118 UUSee
19 Break 69 Babelgum 119 PPLive
20 Joost 70 QQLive 120 VeohTV
21 Deezer 71 Quicktime 121 Musicmatch
22 Five.tv 72 TuneUp 122 AOL Radio
23 Kugou Music Disk 73 Audiogalaxy Rhapsody 123 Blinkx.com
24 Sohu TV 74 SopCast 124 Slingbox
25 NPR 75 Adobe Media Player 125 Windows Media Audio (WMA)
26 UStream 76 Zilla Mp3 Finder 126 Flash Video (FLV)
27 RuTube 77 PPMate 127 Silverlight
28 CCTV 78 XMMS 128 Windows Media Video (ASF)
29 JumpTV 79 PCast 129 SHOUTcast
30 GOM TV 80 MeaBox 130 Microsoft Media Server (MMS)
31 wwiTV 81 Apple Front Row 131 Sighost
32 Crackle 82 Magic MP3 Tagger 132 Moodstream
33 Facebook Video 83 Juice Receiver 133 Mgoon.com
34 Veoh 84 Hulu 134 Pandora.tv
35 EarthCam 85 VLC Media Player 135 Nate.com
36 Musicovery 86 Boxee 136 PhotoBook
37 Youku 87 AppleTV 137 Jango
38 PodOmatic 88 AIRadio 138 Grooveshark
39 The Hype Machine 89 Apple iPhoto 139 Shufflr
40 CBS Radio Player 90 Accordiva 140 Miro
41 Pixsy 91 RealMedia 141 Voddler
42 Slacker 92 Scramby 142 YouTube
43 Vakaka 93 MvBoxPlayer 143 Doshow
44 YouPorn 94 ADNStream 144 XM Radio Online
45 MeeMix 95 Xunlei Media Player 145 Netflix
46 Radiolicious 96 Zune 146 Spotify
47 Revver 97 Graboid Video 147 Xfinity
48 ShareTheMusic 98 WebcamMax 148 QQMusic
49 iLike 99 AbelCam 149 WinampRC
50 Tagoo 100 PIPI Player 150 SageTV

Enabling Application Control on LAN zone

Navigate to Network | Zones.
Click configure button under the zone where you want enable App Control.
Check Enable App Control Service.

How to Test

From a host behind the SonicWall, login to www.youtube.com using either HTTP or HTTPS. You will get a The connection was reset page and the following messages will be logged in the SonicWall.
When accessing using HTTPS, user will be allowed into the https://www.youtube.com page but will be unable to play video. The following error will be displayed when trying to play a video.

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#	Application	#	Application	#	Application
1	Autobahn	51	Ku6.com	101	TVKoo
2	Winamp Remote	52	Pandora Radio	102	MeteorNetTV
3	QQ Video	53	Gougou	103	8tracks
4	MySpace Video	54	Webshots	104	GOM Player
5	6cn	55	Last.fm	105	Qvod
6	EveryZing	56	WGCI.com	106	CCTV Box
7	BBC iPlayer	57	OurStage	107	Tseer
8	JumpTV Latino	58	MegaVideo	108	Nullsoft Winamp
9	Photobucket	59	VidiLife	109	Baofeng
10	Hupo	60	Windows Media Guide	110	Windows Media Player
11	Livestream	61	OpenV	111	Orb
12	Flickr	62	Blinkx	112	FastTV
13	Justin.tv	63	Yahoo! Video	113	Sogou Musicbox
14	ABC Streaming Media	64	SinaTV	114	Kuwo
15	Live365	65	PPLive 2.0	115	Funshion
16	Dailymotion	66	TVAnts	116	PPStream
17	Gizmoz	67	Apple iTunes	117	TVU Networks
18	Tudou	68	Veetle	118	UUSee
19	Break	69	Babelgum	119	PPLive
20	Joost	70	QQLive	120	VeohTV
21	Deezer	71	Quicktime	121	Musicmatch
22	Five.tv	72	TuneUp	122	AOL Radio
23	Kugou Music Disk	73	Audiogalaxy Rhapsody	123	Blinkx.com
24	Sohu TV	74	SopCast	124	Slingbox
25	NPR	75	Adobe Media Player	125	Windows Media Audio (WMA)
26	UStream	76	Zilla Mp3 Finder	126	Flash Video (FLV)
27	RuTube	77	PPMate	127	Silverlight
28	CCTV	78	XMMS	128	Windows Media Video (ASF)
29	JumpTV	79	PCast	129	SHOUTcast
30	GOM TV	80	MeaBox	130	Microsoft Media Server (MMS)
31	wwiTV	81	Apple Front Row	131	Sighost
32	Crackle	82	Magic MP3 Tagger	132	Moodstream
33	Facebook Video	83	Juice Receiver	133	Mgoon.com
34	Veoh	84	Hulu	134	Pandora.tv
35	EarthCam	85	VLC Media Player	135	Nate.com
36	Musicovery	86	Boxee	136	PhotoBook
37	Youku	87	AppleTV	137	Jango
38	PodOmatic	88	AIRadio	138	Grooveshark
39	The Hype Machine	89	Apple iPhoto	139	Shufflr
40	CBS Radio Player	90	Accordiva	140	Miro
41	Pixsy	91	RealMedia	141	Voddler
42	Slacker	92	Scramby	142	YouTube
43	Vakaka	93	MvBoxPlayer	143	Doshow
44	YouPorn	94	ADNStream	144	XM Radio Online
45	MeeMix	95	Xunlei Media Player	145	Netflix
46	Radiolicious	96	Zune	146	Spotify
47	Revver	97	Graboid Video	147	Xfinity
48	ShareTheMusic	98	WebcamMax	148	QQMusic
49	iLike	99	AbelCam	149	WinampRC
50	Tagoo	100	PIPI Player	150	SageTV