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FortiGuard Center
System Maintenance
Every FortiGate unit comes with a free 30-day FortiGuard Antispam trial license.
FortiGuard Antispam license management is performed by Fortinet servers; there
is no need to enter a license number. The FortiGate unit automatically contacts a
FortiGuard Antispam Service Point when enabling FortiGuard Antispam. To renew
the FortiGuard Antispam license after the free trial, contact Fortinet Technical
Support.
Enable FortiGuard Antispam globally in System > Maintenance >
FortiGuard Center and then configure the Spam Filtering options in each firewall
protection profile. See “Spam filtering options” on page 336.
FortiGuard Web Filtering Service
FortiGuard Web Filtering is a managed web filtering solution provided by Fortinet.
FortiGuard Web Filtering sorts hundreds of millions of web pages into a wide
range of categories users can allow, block, or monitor. The FortiGate unit
accesses the nearest FortiGuard Web Filtering Service Point to determine the
category of a requested web page then follows the firewall policy configured for
that user or interface.
Every FortiGate unit comes with a free 30-day FortiGuard Web Filtering trial
license. FortiGuard license management is performed by Fortinet servers. There
is no need to enter a license number. The FortiGate unit automatically contacts a
FortiGuard Service Point when enabling FortiGuard category blocking. To renew a
FortiGuard license after the free trial, contact Fortinet Technical Support.
Enable FortiGuard Web Filtering globally in System > Maintenance >
FortiGuard Center and then configure the FortiGuard Web Filtering options in
each firewall protection profile. See “FortiGuard Web Filtering options” on
page 334.
FortiGuard Management and Analysis Services
FortiGuard Management and Analysis Services are remote services that provide
more features for FortiGate units. These are both subscription services.
FortiGuard Management Service provides features found in a FortiManager unit.
This service allows you to remotely manage your FortiGate unit by backing up
your FortiGate unit configuration to a location other than your local PC, and
restoring your FortiGate unit configuration from a list of these backups.
FortiGuard Analysis Service provides features found in a FortiAnalyzer unit. This
services allows you to store logging data remotely, and generate reports on that
log data remotely.
Configuring the FortiGate unit for FDN and FortiGuard services
Go to System > Maintenance > FortiGuard Center to configure access to FDN
updates and FortiGuard services on the Update Center page.
The three sections of the Update Center are:
• Support Contract and FortiGuard Subscription Services
• AntiVirus and IPS Downloads
• Web Filtering and AntiSpam Options
FortiGate Version 3.0 MR5 Administration Guide
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