Technical Tip: How to determine the web filter category of a website or domain

Users may be uncertain about the category of a specific website or domain while configuring the web filter in FortiGate.

To instantly query the category of a website or domain, use the FortiGuard web filter lookup tool.

1. Enter the website or domain and select the relevant FortiOS version.

2. Press Enter or select the 'Search' button to display the relevant category. It is highly recommended to verify this information when configuring Web filtering on FortiGate to avoid blocking websites the business needs access to:

It can also be viewed from the FortiGate GUI as well.

Make sure that the FortiGate can connect to the FortiGuard server for the Lookup Rating to be successful.

Navigate to Security Profiles -> Web Rating Overrides -> Select Create New -> Enter the URL and select Lookup Rating to view the category and subcategory it belongs to.

Note: 
In any of the policies, make sure to apply a web filter profile in which a FortiGuard category-based filter is enabled to use this web rating service.

If a website may have been classified as the wrong category, fill out the 'Web Filter Classification Rating Request' form.  Submit the URL, suggested category, any screenshots, and contact information to be notified of any revision updates.

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