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      rakeshvijayan
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      Hi friends

      In my institution some people use opera browser to bypass the filter for accessing unwanted sites. how can I make a secure rule for block use of opera mini browser

      Thanks

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        timthetortoise
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        Create rules to block direct port 80 (and 443 if you're proxying HTTPS).
        Mine look like the attached.

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          kathampy
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          You can't block this. Even if using a proxy, Opera will still tunnel the request through to their CDN over HTTP. You'll have to block Opera's servers.

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