Fortinet 337 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
8. Click OK.
9. Repeat the previous steps for each individual IP list member that you want to add to the IP
list.
10.To apply the IP list, select it in an inline or offline protection profile (see “Configuring a
protection profile for inline topologies” on page 468 or “Configuring a protection profile for
an out-of-band topology or asynchronous mode of operation” on page 477).
Attack log messages contain Blacklisted IP blocked when this feature detects a
blacklisted source IP address.
See also
•Blacklisting countries & regions
•Sequence of scans
•Monitoring currently blocked IPs
Blacklisting content scrapers, search engines, web crawlers, & other robots
You can use FortiWeb features to control access by Internet robots such as:
• search engine indexers
• automated tools such as link checkers, web crawlers, and spiders
Predefined signatures for malicious robots and source IPs will be kept up-to-date if you have
subscribed to FortiGuard Security Service.
To block typically unwanted automated tools, use Bad Robot.
To control which search engine crawlers are allowed to access your sites, go to
Server Objects > Global > Known Search Engines; also configure Allow Known Search Engines.
See also
•Sequence of scans
Severity When rule violations are recorded in the attack log, each log message
contains a Severity Level (severity_level) field. Select which severity
level the FortiWeb appliance will use when a blacklisted IP address
attempts to connect to your web servers:
•Low
•Medium
•High
Trigger Action Select which trigger, if any, that the FortiWeb appliance will use when it
logs and/or sends an alert email about a blacklisted IP address’s attempt
to connect to your web servers. See “Configuring triggers” on page 557.
Setting name Description