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Web filter

FortiGate-1000A/FA2 Administration Guide
Web filter provides configuration access to the Web filtering and Web category filtering
options you enable when you create a firewall Protection Profile.
To access protection profile web filter options go to Firewall > Protection Profile, select
edit or Create New, and select Web Filtering or Web Category Filtering. See
"Protection profile options" on page
Table 35: Web filter and Protection Profile web filtering configuration
Protection Profile web filtering options
Web Content Block
Enable or disable web page blocking based
on the banned words and patterns in the
content block list for HTTP traffic.
Web URL Block
Enable or disable web page filtering for HTTP
traffic based on the URL block list.
Web Exempt List
Enable or disable web page filtering for HTTP
traffic based on the URL exempt list. Exempt
URLs are not scanned for viruses.
Web Script Filter
Enable or disable blocking scripts from web
pages for HTTP traffic.
Web resume download block
Enable to block downloading parts of a file
that have already been partially downloaded.
Enabling this option prevents the unintentional
download of virus files, but can cause
download interruptions.
Enable category block (HTTP only)
Enable FortiGuard-Web Filtering.
Block unrated websites (HTTP only)
Block any web pages that have not been rated
by FortiGuard-Web Filtering.
Allow websites when a rating error occurs
(HTTP only)
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Web Filter setting
Web Filter > Content Block
Add words and patterns to block web pages
containing those words or patterns.
Web Filter > URL Block
Add URLs and URL patterns to block web
pages from specific sources.
Web Filter > URL Exempt
Add URLs to exempt them from web and virus
filtering.
Web Filter > Script Filter
Select the scripts to block.
Web Filter > Category Block > Configuration
Enable or disable FortiGuard-Web Filtering
and enable and set the size limit for the
cache.
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