Web Filtering; General Configuration Steps - Fortinet FortiGate 50A Installation And Configuration Manual

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Web filtering

General configuration steps

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When you enable Anti-Virus & Web filter in a firewall policy, you select a content
profile that controls how web filtering behaves for HTTP traffic. Content profiles control
the following types of content filtering:
• blocking unwanted URLs,
• blocking unwanted content,
• removing scripts from web pages,
• exempting URLs from blocking.
You can also use the Cerberian URL filtering to block unwanted URLs. For more
information, see
This chapter describes:
• General configuration steps
• Content blocking
• URL blocking
• Configuring Cerberian URL filtering
• Script filtering
• Exempt URL list
Configuring web filtering involves the following general steps:
1 Select web filtering options in a new or existing content profile. See
profiles" on page
2 Select the Anti-Virus & Web filter option in firewall policies that allow HTTP
connections through the FortiGate unit.
• Select a content profile that provides the web filtering options that you want to
apply to a policy. See
3 Configure web filtering settings to control how the FortiGate unit applies web filtering
to the HTTP traffic allowed by policies. See:
• "URL blocking" on page
• "Configuring Cerberian URL filtering" on page
• "Content blocking" on page
• "Script filtering" on page
• "Exempt URL list" on page
"Configuring Cerberian URL filtering" on page
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"Adding content profiles to policies" on page
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"Adding content
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