FortiGate Version 3.0 MR4 Administration Guide
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Content block Web Filter
To access protection profile web filter options
1 Go to Firewall > Protection Profile.
2 Select edit or Create New.
3 Select Web Filtering or Web Category Filtering.
Content block
Control web content by blocking specific words or patterns. If enabled in the
protection profile, the FortiGate unit searches for words or patterns in on
requested web pages. If matches are found, values assigned to the words are
totalled. If a user-defined threshold value is exceeded, the web page is blocked
Use Perl regular expressions or wildcards to add banned word patterns to the list.
Viewing the web content block list catalog
You can add multiple web content block lists and then select the best web content
block list for each protection profile. To view the web content block list catalog, go
to Web Filter > Content Block. To view any individual web content block list,
select the edit icon for the list you want to see.
Figure 237:Sample web content block list catalog
The web content block list catalogue has the following icons and features:
Select web content block lists in protection profiles. For more information, see
“Web filtering options” on page 275.
Note: If virtual domains are enabled on the FortiGate unit, web filtering features are
configured globally. To access these features, select Global Configuration on the main
menu.
Note: Perl regular expression patterns are case sensitive for Web Filter content block. To
make a word or phrase case insensitive, use the regular expression /i. For example,
/bad language/i blocks all instances of bad language regardless of case. Wildcard
patterns are not case sensitive.
Add To add a new list to the catalog, enter a name and select Add. New
lists are empty by default.
Name The available web content block lists.
# Entries The number of content patterns in each web content block list.
Profiles The protection profiles each web content block list has been applied
to.
Comment Optional description of each web content block list.
Delete icon Select to remove the web content block list from the catalog. The
delete icon is only available if the web content block list is not
selected in any protection profiles.
Edit icon Select to edit the web content block list, list name, or list comment.