videolan.org and SonicWALL
Posted: 02 Nov 2009 23:12
I wasn't sure where to put this, but since it is website related, I came here.
For those who don't know, SonicWALL is a company that makes firewall appliances. It seems as though recently SonicWALL has taken the offense to videolan.org as they have added it to a "blocked sites" list within the content filtering. They have it categorizied as a "Pay to Surf" site. To this I said "WTF Mate!?".
But who knows, maybe someone was sneaky enough to trick SonicWALL into adding it to the list. This is something that they anticipate and they offer an easy web form [http://cfssupport.sonicwall.com/eng/]to fill out to get a site re-evaluated. I filled out the form and waited (I'm sure they get quite a few daily). The response I got back was:
So all this junk makes me ask, do any of you guys know why your website would be listed on a content filtering black-list in the first place? Just curious/bringing it to your attention.... Thanks!
For those who don't know, SonicWALL is a company that makes firewall appliances. It seems as though recently SonicWALL has taken the offense to videolan.org as they have added it to a "blocked sites" list within the content filtering. They have it categorizied as a "Pay to Surf" site. To this I said "WTF Mate!?".
But who knows, maybe someone was sneaky enough to trick SonicWALL into adding it to the list. This is something that they anticipate and they offer an easy web form [http://cfssupport.sonicwall.com/eng/]to fill out to get a site re-evaluated. I filled out the form and waited (I'm sure they get quite a few daily). The response I got back was:
This looks like to me that they are keeping this category, which is ridiculous. I'm on hold right now (52 minutes and counting) to physically ask someone "why the heck?".Dear Customer:
You submitted the following rating request to SonicWALL CFS Support:
Rate videolan.org as "27.Information Tech/Computers" at 2009-11-02 06:25:02.860
The request has been reviewed and rated as:
"50.Pay to Surf" at 2009-11-02 06:30:04.953
You should see this rating change reflected within 1 to 3 business days.
Thank you for your request,
SonicWALL CFS Support
1-888-777-1476
So all this junk makes me ask, do any of you guys know why your website would be listed on a content filtering black-list in the first place? Just curious/bringing it to your attention.... Thanks!