Web Filter
Web filtering restricts or controls user access to web resources.
To create a profile:
- Log in as a Restricted Administrator.
- In the tree menu, select Web Filter, and then select a profile category.
- In the toolbar, click Create New.
- Configure the profile settings, and click OK.
To clone an existing profile, right-click the profile in the content pane, and select Clone. |
To edit a profile:
- Log in as a Restricted Administrator.
- In the tree menu, select Web Filter, and then select a profile category.
- In the content pane select a profile and take one of the following actions:
- In the toolbar, click Edit.
- Right-click the profile, and select Edit.
- Edit the settings, and click OK.
Name |
The profile name. |
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Comment |
Optionally, enter a description of the profile. |
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Advanced Options |
Configure advanced options, including:
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Inspection Mode |
Select Proxy or Flow Based. |
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Log all URLs |
Select to log all URLs. |
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FortiGuard Categories |
Select FortiGuard categories. Right-click on a category to change the action: Allow, Block, Warning, Monitor, Authenticate, or, if available, Disable. Use the filter drop-down menu to filter the categories shown in the table based on the action. |
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Allow Users to override blocked categories
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Select to allow users to override blocked categories. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Override Permit |
Select the override permits: bannedword-override, contenttype-check-override, fortiguard-wf-override, and urlfilter-override. |
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Groups that can override |
Select groups that can override blocked categories. |
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Profile can switch to |
Select profiles that the user can switch to. |
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Switch applies to |
Select what the switch applies to: ask, browser, ip, user, or user-group. |
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Switch Duration |
Select the switch duration, either ask or constant. |
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Duration |
Enter the duration of the switch. This option is only available if Switch Duration is constant. |
Enforce 'Safe Search' on Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Yandex |
Select to enforce Safe Search. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Restrict YouTube Access |
Select to restrict access to YouTube. Select Strict or Moderate. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Log all search keywords |
Select to log all search keywords. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Block Invalid URLs |
Select to block invalid URLs. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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URL Filter |
Select to enable URL filters. Select URL filters from the dropdown list, and/or create and manage filters in the table. |
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Block malicious URLs discovered by FortiSandbox |
Select to block URLs that FortiSandbox deems malicious. |
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Web Content Filter |
Select to apply web content filters. Click Add to add filters to the table. Edit and delete filters as required. |
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Allow Websites When a Rating Error Occurs |
Select to allow access to websites if a rating error occurs. |
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Rate URLs by Domain and IP Address |
Select to rate URLs by both their domain and IP address. |
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Block HTTP Redirects by Rating |
Select to block HTTP redirects based on the site's rating. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Rate Images by URL (Blocked images will be replaced with blanks) |
Select to rate images based on the URL. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Restrict Google account usage to specific domains |
Select to restrict Google account usage to specific domains. Click Add to add the domains to the table. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Provide Details for Blocked HTTP 4xx and 5xx Errors |
Select to receive details about blocked HTTP errors. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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HTTP POST Action: Block |
Select to set the HTTP POST action to block. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Remove Java Applet Filter |
Select to remove the Java applet filter. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Remove ActiveX Filter |
Select to remove the ActiveX filter. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |
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Remove Cookie Filter |
Select to remove the cookie filter. This option is only available if Inspection Mode is Proxy. |