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Explorer II
September 17, 2026
Question

uRL Exclude Application Securtiy

  • September 17, 2026
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I have already defined a URL exclusion rule for URLs containing wildcards and selected the “exempt from action” option. However, access permission for these URLs is still not working.

 

 

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wmichael
Staff
Staff
September 17, 2026

In your screenshot you have set the web filter action to “allow”, not “exempt”. When the action is “allow” and web filter categories are used in addition to static URL filters, the category will be checked after the static URL filter allows it.  Checking “www.ziraabank.com.tr” https://www.fortiguard.com/webfilter, shows this URL is categorized as “Newly Observed Domain”. On the default webiflter profile the category “Newly Observed Domain” is blocked by default.  You need to set the action to “exempt” to bypass the category lookup. Also, you did not put a wild card “*” in the URL.

See the following article for more information on using static URL filters: 

 

Dzhem35Author
Explorer II
September 17, 2026

Probably ı sent wrong screenshot, before ı changed it it was in wildcard and aciton was exempt. Also ı sent an review request to fortiguard

Dzhem35Author
Explorer II
September 17, 2026

Here is the current settings

wmichael
Staff
Staff
September 17, 2026

That should bypass the category lookup.  If the traffic is being blocked I would recommend checking the traffic logs or any relevant security logs as to why the traffic is being blocked.  You also added a screenshot of application control.  Is application control blocking it?  Keep in mind application control is checked before the web filter.

 

 

Toshi_Esumi
SuperUser
SuperUser
September 17, 2026

Did you mean to have a wild card like “www.ziraatbank.com.tr/*”? Without the wildcard letter ‘*’, it wouldn’t allow like “www.ziraatbank.com.tr/tr/bireysel”.
The “Type” selection is just a format selection, not the actual wild card. You have to put the wildcard in in the URL box above.

Toshi