Web filtering

URL blocking

 

 

URL blocking

You can block the unwanted web URLs using FortiGate Web URL blocking, FortiGate

Web pattern blocking, and Cerberian web filtering.

Configuring FortiGate Web URL blocking

Configuring FortiGate Web pattern blocking

Configuring Cerberian URL filtering

Configuring FortiGate Web URL blocking

You can configure FortiGate Web URL blocking to block all pages on a website by adding the top-level URL or IP address. You can also block individual pages on a website by including the full path and filename of the web page to block.

Adding URLs to the Web URL block list

Clearing the Web URL block list

Downloading the Web URL block list

Uploading a URL block list

Adding URLs to the Web URL block list

1Go to Web Filter > Web URL Block.

2Select New to add a URL to the Web URL block list.

3Type the URL the you want to block.

Type a top-level URL or IP address to block access to all pages on a website. For example, www.badsite.com or 122.133.144.155 blocks access to all pages at this website.

Type a top-level URL followed by the path and filename to block access to a single page on a website. For example, www.badsite.com/news.html or 122.133.144.155/news.html blocks the news page on this website.

To block all pages with a URL that ends with badsite.com, add badsite.com to the block list. For example, adding badsite.com blocks access to www.badsite.com, mail.badsite.com, www.finance.badsite.com, and so on.

Note: Do not include http:// in the URL that you want to block.

Note: Do not use regular expressions in the Web URL block list. You can use regular expressions in the Web Pattern Block list to create URL patterns to block. See “Configuring FortiGate Web pattern blocking” on page 237.

Note: You can type a top-level domain suffix (for example, “com” without the leading period) to block access to all URLs with this suffix.

Note: URL blocking does not block access to other services that users can access with a web browser. For example, URL blocking does not block access to ftp://ftp.badsite.com. Instead, you can use firewall policies to deny FTP connections.

4Ensure that the Enable checkbox has been selected and then select OK.

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