GPO Block Websites Firefox not working
I have created GPOs to block websites. Edge and Chrome work as expected but the Firefox Block Websites is not blocking anything. I have tried User and Computer GPO's they do not work. Does anyone know the trick to making this work for Firefox?
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Are you using this key:
I am using Active Directory Group Policy User Configuration-Policies-Administrative Templates-Mozilla/Firefox - Blocked-Websites
I have also Tried Computer Configuration-Policies-Administrative Templates-
I have similar policies for EDGE and Chrome and they both work.
Okay, I see the template here:
- https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/windows/firefox.admx#L2612
- https://admx.help/?Category=Firefox&Policy=Mozilla.Policies.Firefox::B_WebsiteFilter_Block
In the Windows registry, do your policies show up under either of these keys or are they missing in action?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\WebsiteFilter\Block\ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\WebsiteFilter\Block\
I see both Keys in my registry
And then under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\WebsiteFilter\Block\
for example, you have a value such as
1 => *://www.example.com/*
Ref. https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Match_patterns
I attached a screen shot of some of the items in the registry
Thank you for the screenshot. The way I read the template documentation,
https://open.spotify.com/
only covers the exact address and you need to add an asterisk to cover all other paths on the server, in other words,
https://open.spotify.com/*
Please refer to:
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Match_patterns
I tried adding the asterix and applying Group Policy but its still not blocking the sites.
I did a basic test of adding to the Registry manually. I ended up needing both the home page path and the asterisk path. This worked, so if you see the policies in the Registry and in about:policies, and they aren't working, that would be puzzling.