Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizer Category

networkguy64512
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Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizer Category

I am trying to block the well-known vpn proxies and services on Meraki MX, so I tried the Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizer category for Content Filtering on the Meraki MX with Advanced Security first. URL category list size is set to Full List.

 

Then I did a quick google search on top 10 vpn services. Each one of those websites opened with no issues (which I was expecting to fail to connect). 

 

Then I used the Meraki URL Category Lookup Tool results and noticed all those are categorized as "Computer and Internet Security"

 

How come? Am I missing something here?

 

NameURLMeraki URL Category Lookup ToolOpenDNS Check a domain lookup
ExpressVPNhttps://www.expressvpn.com/Business and Economy, Computer and Internet SecuritySoftware/Technology, Proxy/Anonymizer
norvdpnhttps://nordvpn.com/Computer and Internet SecuritySoftware/Technology, Proxy/Anonymizer
hostspotshieldhttps://www.hotspotshield.com/Computer and Internet SecurityProxy/Anonymizer
purevpnhttps://www.purevpn.com/Business and Economy, Computer and Internet SecuritySoftware/Technology, Proxy/Anonymizer
cyberghostvpnhttps://www.cyberghostvpn.com/en_US/Computer and Internet SecurityProxy/Anonymizer
strongvpnhttps://strongvpn.com/Computer and Internet SecuritySoftware/Technology, Proxy/Anonymizer
ipvanishhttps://www.ipvanish.com/Computer and Internet SecurityBusiness Services, Proxy/Anonymizer
hidemyasshttps://www.hidemyass.com/en-us/indexComputer and Internet SecurityProxy/Anonymizer
vyprvpnhttps://www.vyprvpn.com/Computer and Internet Security, Business and EconomyProxy/Anonymizer
Holahttp://hola.org/Computer and Internet SecurityProxy/Anonymizer
Overplayhttps://www.overplay.net/enComputer and Internet SecurityProxy/Anonymizer
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PhilipDAth
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

It's not what you would expect, is it.

 

The URL categorization is a service provided by BrightCloud.  It is used by Meraki and many other vendors.

https://www.brightcloud.com/tools/url-ip-lookup.php

 

I guess you could regard a VPN service as "Internet Security" - I guess it depends on your view point.

 

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