YouTube_Category.Control

Description

This indicates an attempt to access a YouTube video on a category specified by user.
It detects and logs the category name user wants to control.
Category List:
Film&Animation
Autos&Vehicles
Music
Pets&Animals
Sports
Travel&Events
Gaming
People&Blogs
Comedy
Entertainment
News&Politics
Howto&Style
Education
Science&Technology
Nonprofits&Activism
Information Displayed:
1. User's IP/Username/Email address depending on traffic
2. YouTube category name

Affected Products

YouTube

Impact

Network resources consumption.

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable
• Cloud

Application Dependencies

• YouTube
• Google_Login
• Google.Services
• YouTube_Video.Play
• YouTube_Video.Access
• YouTube_Channel.Access

Default Ports

• TCP/443

References

• https://www.youtube.com/