Technical Tip: How to Block Access to Websites Containing Russian-Language Content

[Kush_Patel]

Description	This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to block websites containing Russian-language content using FortiGate.
Scope	FortiGate v7.0 and above.
Solution	To block access to websites containing Russian-language content on FortiGate, follow these configuration steps: Configure a web filter profile in proxy-based mode and enable the Content Filter option, as shown below: Create a Content Filter for Cyrillic Characters Using the regular expression [ЁёА-я], which will match any Russian characters. CLI configuration : config webfilter content     edit 1         set name "Auto-webfilter-content_4a6h8fact"             config entries                 edit "[ЁёА-я]"                     set pattern-type regexp                     set status enable                     set lang cyrillic                 next             end end Create a firewall policy in proxy-based mode and apply the web filter profile to the policy. Once the configuration is in place, attempting to access any webpage containing Russian text will result in the site being blocked. Note: To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended to use proxy-based mode for the content filter functionality.