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FortiGate-50R Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50 MR2
Web filtering
General configuration steps
FortiGate-50R Installation and Configuration Guide
Web filtering is enabled in firewall policies. 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:
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blocking unwanted URLs,
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blocking unwanted content,
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removing scripts from web pages,
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exempting of URLs from blocking.
You can also use the Cerberian URL blocking to block unwanted URLs. For more
information, see
This chapter describes:
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General configuration steps
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Content blocking
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URL blocking
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Using the Cerberian web filter
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Script filtering
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Exempt URL list
Configuring web filtering involves the following general steps:
1
Select web filtering options in a new or existing content profile. See
profile" on page
141.
2
Select the Anti-Virus & Web filter option in firewall policies that allow HTTP
connections through the FortiGate unit.
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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:
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"URL blocking" on page
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"Using the Cerberian web filter" on page
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"Content blocking" on page
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"Script filtering" on page
•
"Exempt URL list" on page
"Using the Cerberian web filter" on page
"Adding a content profile to a policy" on page
209,
208,
214,
215.
212.
212,
"Adding a content
142.
207
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