Sunday 31 May 2015

What is the procedure to block "Spotify" on ZyXEL USG-100 ?

SCENARIO DESCRIPTION:

Spotify is a popular software for music sharing in our country. In the USG's App-Patrol function, there is no related information to block Spotify. And on the USG20/20W we do not have App-Patrol,

What is the procdure to block Spotify?

SCENARIO DESCRIPTION:

Spotify is a popular software for music sharing in our country. In the USG's App-Patrol function, there is no related information to block Spotify. And on the USG20/20W we do not have App-Patrol,
What is the procdure to block Spotify?

Method 2. Create a custom IDP to block DNS query packet if this packet includes the Spotify signature.
The Spotify's software signature is "|73||70||6F||74||69||66||79|", please create a new IDP rule as shown below.

After create a custom IDP rule, please remember to modify the Activation, Log, Action settings in the profile tab.
Create a IDP policy then apply the IDP profile.

VERIFICATION:

When configuring the IP address of the USG as the DNS server, the Spotify software will get the 0.0.0.0 IP address as the Spotify URL. If you have configured a public DNS server, you will see the log message in the Monitor page.

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