Configuring the web content block list

Web filter

 

 

Configuring the web content block list

Figure 161:Adding a banned word to the content block list

When you select Create New or Edit you can configure the following settings for the banned word.

Banned word

Enter the word or pattern you want to include in the banned word list

Pattern type

Select the pattern type for the banned word. Choose from wildcard or

 

regular expression. See “Using Perl regular expressions” on page 335.

Language

Select the character set for the banned word. Choose from: Chinese

 

Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Japanese, Korean, Thai, or

 

Western.

Enable

Select Enable to activate the banned word in the list.

To add or edit a banned word

1Go to Web Filter > Content Block.

2Select Create New to add a banned word or select Edit for the banned word you want to modify.

3Enter the word or phrase.

If you enter a single word, the FortiGate unit blocks all web pages that contain that word. If you enter a phrase, the FortiGate unit blocks all web pages containing any word in the phrase. If you contain the phrase in quotation marks, the FortiGate unit blocks all web pages containing the exact phrase.

4Set the pattern type if required.

5Select the language (character set).

6Select Enable.

7Select OK.

URL block

You can block access to specific URLs by adding them to the URL block list. You can also add patterns using text and regular expressions (or wildcard characters) to block URLs. The FortiGate unit blocks web pages matching any specified URLs or patterns and displays a replacement message instead.

Note: Enable Web filtering > Web URL Block in your firewall Protection Profile to activate the

URL block settings.

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