FortiOS 5.2 Web Filtering

[agiandomenico_FTNT]

http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/2546/INSIDE-WF-DAT-R1-201508.pdf

Web Filtering

A Web Filtering solution is designed to restrict or control the content a reader is authorized to access, delivered over the Internet via the Web browser. It may be used to improve security, prevent objectionable activities, and increase productivity within an organization.

Intelligent and Effective Content Control

Web-based threats such as Phishing, drive-by Malware sites and Botnets are more sophisticated and targeted than ever before, and with the rise of mobility in the workplace, even more difficult for you to control. The web has become the preferred medium of choice for hackers and thieves looking for new ways to disrupt services, steal information, and perform malicious activities for financial gain. In addition, employees who visit websites containing objectionable content can expose your organization to civil or criminal liability.

The FortiOS Web Filtering solution utilizes three main components of the web filtering function - the Web Content Filter, the URL Filter, and the FortiGuard Web Filtering Service, which interact with each other to provide maximum control over what the Internet user can view as well as to protect the network from many Internet

content threats. The Web Content Filter blocks web pages containing words or patterns that you specify. URL filtering uses URLs and URL patterns to block or exempt web pages from specific sources. FortiGuard Web Filtering Services provide many additional categories you can use to filter web traffic.

[ChriBouc]

Hi!

I would like to block the Google search on porn pictures. We are a school in Sweden and blocking porr url is doing well but not the search on pictures. I've tried many different ways without any succes. Can you help me on that ? Thanks in advance.

Christian Boucher

[amirsamir]

Hi christian boucher! Suppose you need to block the porn websites from google means that you should create a new policy in fortigate and then apply to the respected users profile.

[rmock_FTNT]

FortiGate Cookbook - Basic Web Filtering (5.2)

In this video, you will learn how to use a URL filter to block access to a specific website: Facebook, and it’s subdomains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDjNqdI8ZTU 

When you enable the FortiGuard Categories to allow access to a particular type of content, such as Social Networking, you can still prohibit the use of specific websites within that category.

Visit Fortinet's documentation library at http://docs.fortinet.com or our video portal at http://video.fortinet.com.

[pat_wei · Accepted solution]

I think what you are looking for (albeit it is quite a long time ago) is the enforce safe search setting.

Security Profiles -> WebFilter -> Search Engines -> Enforce 'Safe Search' on Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Yandex -> enable.

BTW: Fortinet should try to have some resources making some summaries of findings of threads on the forum and fusenet, for people to catch up without the need to read each individual thread and post.

I'm still looking for a Carl Stahlhood for Fortinet ;)