Configuring Web Category Block; Category Block Reports - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-1000A Administration Manual

Web filter

Configuring web category block

Category block reports

FortiGate-1000A/FA2 Administration Guide
TTL Time to live. The number of seconds to store URL ratings in the cache
before contacting the server again.
To have a To have a URL's category rating re-evaluated, please click here. Select the
link to have a web site re-evaluated if you think the category rating is
URL's...
incorrect. You must provide a complete valid URL.
To enable FortiGuard-Web Filtering
1 Go to Web Filter > Category Block.
2 Select Enable Service.
3 Select Check status to make sure the FortiGate unit can access the FortiGuard-Web
Filtering server.
After a moment, the FortiGuard-Web Filtering status should change from Unknown to
Available. If the FortiGuard-Web Filtering status is unavailable, wait and try again.
4 If required, enable and set a TTL (time to live) for the cache.
5 Select Apply.
You can now enable web category blocking and configure categories for any firewall
protection profile you create. See
page 241 and "FortiGuard categories" on page
Once you select Apply, the FortiGuard-Web Filtering license type and expiration date
appears on the configuration screen (Web Filter > Category Block).
Note: Category block reports are only available on FortiGate units with a local disk.
You can generate a text and pie chart format report on web filtering for any profile.
The FortiGate unit maintains statistics for allowed, blocked and monitored web pages
for each category. You can view reports for a range of hours or days, or you can view
a complete report of all activity.
Figure 176:Sample report
"Configuring web category filtering options" on
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