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1ryan1
1ryan1
Explorer II
November 30, 2023
Question

Unrated IP blocked by webfilter

  • November 30, 2023
  • 3 replies
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Are there any workarounds to the webfilter policy where sites are accessed by customer IP? We have issues where customer sites are not in DNS, just public IP. The webfilter blocks them due to unrated category. Yes, I know we can whitelist the IPs, but I am just trying to be proactive since we don't have a list of the IPs. I don't want to remove unrated category from policy.

3 replies

hbac
Staff
hbac
Staff
November 30, 2023

Hi @1ryan1,

 

You can use static URL filter to exempt the URL. Please refer to https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Using-a-static-URL-filter-feature-to-allow-block/ta-p/193086

 

Regards, 

1ryan1
1ryan1Author
Explorer II
November 30, 2023

We are trying to bypass content filter if IP address is entered. Is that possible or no?

hbac
Staff
hbac
Staff
December 1, 2023

@1ryan1,

 

When webfilter is enabled, any URLs you entered on the browser will be scanned. The only way is to create a whitelist using static URL filter: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Using-a-static-URL-filter-feature-to-allow-block/ta-p/193086

 

 

Regards, 

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