Request more time function for scheduled internet blocking
When internet gets blocked on a device/group per a rule schedule, rather than showing a generic no internet page, can the firewalla instead show a page with a button to request more time that would send a notice to the firewalla app to give the parent an easy way to see that someone wants more time, this would be helpful for some situations where I am blocking internet on a gaming device but want to make exceptions sometimes. Could also be served up in other rules rather than the normal site not found page. I know I can do that from my end, but would rather the blocked device have a way to ask for an exception.
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There is "No" safer way to do this. When firewalla redirects, your browser will always goes to a "not trusted" website, and if you give exception, it is a very bad habit to have people do that.
(the problem is https, any redirect with a valid certificate, will send you to a warning page from the browser)
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@Joseph Fountain,
Firewalla cannot intercept and redirect to display a message — it can only block the request, which is why you see a “site not found” message instead.
Most modern sites use HTTPS, which would require deeper SSL inspection to display a custom block page.
If Firewalla attempted to redirect traffic without the correct SSL certificate, your browser would display a “Not Secure” warning. Ignoring these warnings to see the custom webpage is a security risk, and we want to avoid encouraging that behavior.
More details on this can be found here: https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/19580108323475/comments/19598199133203
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