Url blocking, Configuring fortigate web url blocking, Adding urls to the web url block list – Fortinet FortiGate 4000 User Manual

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Web filtering

URL blocking

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Select Return to display the updated Banned Word List.

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You can continue to maintain the Banned Word List by making changes to the text file
and uploading it again as necessary.

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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

1

Go to Web Filter > Web URL Block.

2

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

3

Type 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: Banned Word must be selected in the content profile for web pages containing banned
words to be blocked.

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

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