Fortinet FortiGate 4000 User Guide

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Web filter 
Category block
FortiGate-4000 Administration Guide
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Configuring web category block
To enable FortiGuard web filtering
1
Go to Web Filter > Category Block.
2
Select Enable Service.
3
Select Check status to make sure the FortiGate unit can access the FortiGuard 
server.
After a moment, the FortiGuard status should change from Unknown to Available. If 
the FortiGuard status is unavailable, wait and try again.
4
Enable and set a TTL (time to live) for the cache.
5
Select Apply.
You can now enable web category blocking and configure categories for any firewall 
protection profile you create. See 
.
Once you select Apply, the FortiGuard license type and expiration date appears on 
the configuration screen (Web Filter > Category Block).
Category block reports
You can generate a text and pie chart format report on web filtering for any profile. 
The FortiGate unit maintains statistics for allowed, blocked and monitored web pages 
for each category. You can view reports for a range of hours or days, or you can view 
a complete report of all activity.
Figure 168:Sample report
To have a 
URL’s...
To have a URL's category rating re-evaluated, please click here. Select the 
link to have a web site re-evaluated if you think the category rating is 
incorrect. You must provide a complete valid URL.
Apply
Select Apply to implement a new or changed configuration.
Note: Category block reports are only available on FortiGate units with a local disk.