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A Lync 2010 user can send a URL when it should be blocked by a URL filter


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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • In Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Control Panel, you configure a file filter to block URLs that contain the .exe extension.
  • You select the option Enable URL filter and the Block URLs with file type extension option.
  • You set the Hyperlink prefix setting to Send warning message.
  • After you commit the changes, a Lync 2010 user tries to use an instant message to send a URL that contains an .exe extension to another Lync 2010 user. The URL also contains a hyphen or a colon. For example, the user tries to send http://www.thephone-company.com/app.exe or http://example.com:8080/app.exe in an instant message.
In this scenario, the instant message is not blocked by the URL filter.

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Cause

This issue occurs because the special characters are handled incorrectly by the URL parser.

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Resolution

To resolve the issue, install the following cumulative update:
2737915 Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010: October 2012

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More Information

For more information about how to configure filtering for instant messaging, go to the following Microsoft website:

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Article Info
Article ID : 2745103
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 11/2/2012
Exists online : False
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