IM/P2P (new) | New features and changes |
Banned word
The Banned word menu still controls spam by blocking email messages containing specific words or patterns. The Action column on the Banned Word page is now Score, and is reflected when configuring a new banned word.
Score is a numerical weighting applied to banned word. If the score is greater than the spamwordthreshold value set in the protection profile, the page is processed according to whether the spam action command for the mail traffic type (for example
Black/White list
The Black/White list menu provides a way to filter incoming email if enabled in the protection profile. The FortiGate unit uses both an IP address list and email list for filtering purposes.
The FortiGate unit compares the IP address of the message’s sender to the IP address in sequence when doing an IP address list check. If the FortiGate unit finds a match, the action associated with the IP address is taken. If there is no match, then the message passes to the next enabled spam filter.
Email lists work the same way.
IM/P2P (new)
The IM/P2P menu consists of the following menus:
•Statistics
•User
The IM/P2P menu is new for FortiOS 3.0. Since instant messaging and peer to peer (P2P) networks have grown, FortiOS 3.0 now includes a separate menu for these new technologies. You can control the amount of bandwidth allocated for P2P.
There are extended features with the IM/P2P menu, available in the CLI. You can use config imp2p
The supported protocols are:
•MSN 6.0 and above
•ICQ 4.0 and above
•AIM 5.0 and above
•Yahoo 6.0 and above
Note: The FortiGate unit is unable to block Skype uses. Also, if the audio blocking feature is enabled, instant messaging clients are still able to send/receive webcam/video traffic.
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