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Description

This article discusses about the web filter option missing in the firewall when the NGFW mode is switched to policy-based.

Scope

6.2.x and below.

Solution

When the firewall is set to ‘policy-based NGFW mode’ the web filter option disappears from the existing security profiles option.

 

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This issue has been resolved in the later versions like 6.4.x and above.

 

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Note: Only static URL filtering is allowed in web filter profile. FortiGuard web filtering is not supported.

 

Related article

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Web-filter-profiles-in-NGFW-policy-mode/ta...

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