Technical Tip: Web Filter disabled in FortiClient by FortiProxy configuration
| Description | This article describes how to enable the Web Filter feature when FortiProxy is disabled in FortiClient EMS. |
| Scope | FortiClient EMS. |
| Solution | In some cases, the Web Filter feature is configured and enabled in the EMS policy, but FortiClient still shows as disabled:
In this scenario, it is necessary to edit the 'System Settings' profile of that policy in XML and look for the <fortiproxy> tag, then change 'enabled' from 0 to 1.
<fortiproxy> <enabled>1</enabled> </fortiproxy>
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