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Description

This article describes the effects of the 'disable' action for local categories in a web filter.

Scope

FortiOS 7.0, 7.2, 7.4.

FortiProxy 7.0 and above.

Solution

Local categories can be created to override FortiGuard URL categorization.

 

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In the web filter profile, the local categories will have the 'disable' action by default:

 

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The 'disable' action means that the URL will revert to the default FortiGuard category rating. In order to use the local category ratings, change the action to any of the remaining options according to requirements.

 

This allows for control over the URL categorization according to each webfilter profile instead of globally for the device.

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