Fortinet Fortigate-5000 series - Configuring the URL Filter List

Web Filter URL filter
FortiGate Version 3.0 MR4 Administration Guide
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To view the URL filter list
1 Go to Web Filter > URL Filter.
2 Select the edit icon of the URL filter list you want to view.
Figure 247:URL filter list
The URL filter list has the following icons and features:
Configuring the URL filter list
The URL filter list can have up to 5000 entries.
To add a URL to the URL filter list
1 Go to Web Filter > URL Filter.
2 Select Create New.
Name URL filter list name. To change the name, edit text in the name field
and select OK.
Comment Optional comment. To add or edit comment, enter text in comment
field and select OK.
Create New Select to add a URL to the URL block list.
Page up icon Select to view the previous page.
Page down icon Select to view the next page.
Clear All URL
Filters icon
Select to clear the table.
URL The current list of blocked/exempt URLs. Select the check box to
enable all the URLs in the list.
Type The type of URL: Simple or Regex (regular expression).
Action The action taken when the URL matches: Allow, Block, or Exempt.
An allow match exits the URL filter list and checks the other
web filters.
An exempt match stops all further checking including AV
scanning.
A block match blocks the URL and no further checking will be
done.
Delete icon Select to remove an entry from the list.
Edit icon Select to edit the following information: URL, Type, Action, and
Enable.
Move icon Select to open the Move URL Filter dialog box.
Note: Type a top-level domain suffix (for example, “com” without the leading period) to
block access to all URLs with this suffix.