[Archer Hexnode 11 January 2022 Archer Moderator]

Hey @smed,

Thank you for reaching out to us!

You can restrict students from accessing websites prohibited by your institution using Hexnode’s Web Content filtering feature.

To configure this,

1. Navigate to Policies > iOS > Web Content filtering.
2. Choose the required Filter type, ie. Whitelist and enter the valid URLs to be whitelisted. This would allow access only to the whitelisted URLs, thus preventing access to all other URLs.

Please note that the feature is supported only on supervised iOS devices with OS version 7 and above.

Blacklisting a URL restricts access to that website through a web browser only, not its corresponding app. device. In such cases, Hexnode allows you to blacklist/whitelist such applications.

Hopes this answers your query.

Cheers!
Archer Woods
Hexnode UEM

[Sybylla Participant 13 January 2022 Sybylla Participant]

I have a query…. we have iOS and macOS devices at our institution. Will the “Web content filtering” feature you mentioned work only on Safari browser or on Chrome and other browsers also?

[Archer Hexnode 13 January 2022 Archer Moderator]

Hey @sybylla,

Thank you for reaching out to us!

Yes, using the Web Content filtering feature, you can Blacklist/Whitelist websites on any Web browser like Safari, Chrome, Firefox, to name a few.

Hope this answers your query.

Cheers!
Archer Woods
Hexnode UEM