FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50
Web filtering
General configuration steps
FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide
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 URLs from blocking.
You can also use the Cerberian URL filtering 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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Configuring Cerberian URL filtering
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Script filtering
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Exempt URL list
Configuring web filtering involves the following general steps:
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Select web filtering options in a new or existing content profile. See
profiles" on page
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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
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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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"Configuring Cerberian URL filtering" on page
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"Content blocking" on page
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"Script filtering" on page
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"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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