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Article Id 346727
Description This article describes how to block all web categories and only allow access to Google Maps on web.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution

Enable FortiGuard Category-based filter and set all actions to Block:

 

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Enable static URL Filter and exempt the below URLs:

 

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Apply the web filter to the appropriate firewall policy and set SSL inspection to deep inspection. Note that the certificate must be installed on the user's browsers.

 

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Accessing other web URLs/categories like google.com will result in access being blocked.

 

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Access to google.com/maps or maps.google.com should work.

 

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