Fortinet 400 manual Factory default content profiles

Factory default FortiGate configuration settings Getting started

Table 4: Factory default firewall configuration (Continued)

Action	ACCEPT	The policy action. ACCEPT means that the policy
		allows connections.
; NAT		NAT is selected for the NAT/Route mode default
		policy so that the policy applies network address
		translation to the traffic processed by the policy.
		NAT is not available for Transparent mode policies.
Traffic Shaping		Traffic shaping is not selected. The policy does not
		apply traffic shaping to the traffic controlled by the
		policy. You can select this option to control the
		maximum or minimum amount of bandwidth
		available to traffic processed by the policy.
Authentication		Authentication is not selected. Users do not have to
		authenticate with the firewall before connecting to
		their destination address. You can configure user
		groups and select this option to require users to
		authenticate with the firewall before they can
		connect through the firewall.
Antivirus & Web Filter		Antivirus & Web Filter is not selected. This policy
		does not include a content profile that applies
		antivirus protection, web content filtering, or email
		filtering to content traffic processed by this policy.
		You can select this option and select a content
		profile to apply different levels of content protection
		to traffic processed by this policy.
Log Traffic		Log Traffic is not selected. This policy does not
		record messages to the traffic log for the traffic
		processed by this policy. You can configure
		FortiGate logging and select Log Traffic to record all
		connections through the firewall that are accepted
		by this policy.

Factory default content profiles

You can use content profiles to apply different protection settings for content traffic controlled by firewall policies. You can use content profiles for:

•Antivirus protection of HTTP, FTP, IMAP, POP3, and SMTP network traffic

•Web content filtering for HTTP network traffic

•Email filtering for IMAP and POP3 network traffic

•Oversized file and email blocking for HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, and IMAP network traffic

•Passing fragmented emails in IMAP, POP3, and SMTP email traffic

Using content profiles you can build up protection configurations that can be easily applied to different types of Firewall policies. This allows you to customize different types and different levels of protection for different firewall policies.

For example, while traffic between internal and external addresses might need strict protection, traffic between trusted internal addresses might need moderate protection. You can configure policies for different traffic services to use the same or different content profiles.

Content profiles can be added to NAT/Route mode and Transparent mode policies.

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