FortiGate Administration Guide - FirewallShop.com

URL filter
Web Filter
3 Type in a URL or IP address.
4 Select the type of expression.
5 Select the action to be taken.
6 Select the Enable check box
7 Select OK.
Figure 298:New URL Filter
URL
Type
Action
Enable
Enter the URL. Do not include http://
Select a type from the dropdown list: Simple or Regex (regular
expression).
Select an action from the dropdown list: Allow, Block, or Exempt.
An allow match exits the URL filter list and checks the other
web filters.
An exempt match stops all further checking including AV
scanning.
A block match blocks the URL and no further checking will
be done.
Select to enable the URL.
Type a top-level URL or IP address to control access to all pages on a web site.
For example, www.example.com or 192.168.144.155 controls access to all
pages at this web site.
Enter a top-level URL followed by the path and filename to control access to a
single page on a web site. For example, www.example.com/news.html or
192.168.144.155/news.html controls the news page on this web site.
To control access to all pages with a URL that ends with example.com, add
example.com to the filter list. For example, adding example.com controls
access to www.example.com, mail.example.com,
www.finance.example.com, and so on.
Control access to all URLs that match patterns created using text and regular
expressions (or wildcard characters). For example, example.* matches
example.com, example.org, example.net and so on.
FortiGate web pattern blocking supports standard regular expressions.
Note: URLs with an action set to exempt are not scanned for viruses. If users on
the network download files through the FortiGate unit from trusted website, add
the URL of this website to the URL filter list with an action set to exempt so the
FortiGate unit does not virus scan files downloaded from this URL.
Note: Enable Web filtering > Web URL Filter in a firewall Protection Profile to activate the
web URL filter settings.
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