Web Filter Web filter controls
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Table 38: Web filter and Protection Profile web URL filtering configuration
Protection Profile web filtering options Web Filter setting
Web URL Filter Web Filter > URL Filter
Enable or disable web page filtering for HTTP
traffic based on the URL filter list.
Add URLs and URL patterns to exempt
or block web pages from specific
sources.
Table 39: Web filter and Protection Profile web script filtering and download
configuration
Protection Profile web filtering options Web Filter setting
Active X Filter, Cookie Filter, Java Applet Filter n/a
Enable or disable blocking scripts from web
pages for HTTP traffic.
Web resume Download Block n/a
Enable to block downloading the remainder of
a file that has already been partially
downloaded. Enabling this option prevents the
unintentional download of virus files, but can
cause download interruptions.
Table 40: Web filter and Protection Profile web category filtering configuration
Protection Profile web filtering options Web Filter setting
Enable FortiGuard Web Filtering (HTTP only). FortiGuard Web Filter > Configuration
Enable FortiGuard Web Filtering Overrides
(HTTP only).
FortiGuard Web Filtering > Overrides
Provide details for blocked HTTP 4xx and 5xx
errors (HTTP only.)
Rate images by URL (Blocked images will be
replaced with blanks) (HTTP only).
Allow web sites when a rating error occurs
(HTTP only).
Strict Blocking (HTTP only)
Category / Action
FortiGuard-Web filtering service provides
many categories by which to filter web traffic.
Set the action to take on web pages for each
category. Choose from allow, block, log, or
allow override.
Local Categories can be configured to best
suit local requirements.
FortiGuard Web Filtering > Local
Categories | Local Ratings
Classification/Action
When selected, users can access web sites
that provide content cache, and provide
searches for image, audio, and video files.
Choose from allow, block, log, or allow
override.