Fortinet FortiGate-5000 User Guide

When you select Create New or Edit you can configure the following settings for the 
banned word.

Go to Web Filter > Content Block.

Select Create New to add a banned word or select Edit for the banned word you want 
to modify.

Enter the word or phrase.
If you enter a single word, the FortiGate unit blocks all web pages that contain that 
word. If you enter a phrase, the FortiGate unit blocks all web pages containing any 
word in the phrase. If you contain the phrase in quotation marks, the FortiGate unit 
blocks all web pages containing the exact phrase.

Set the pattern type if required.

Select the language (character set).

Select Enable.

Select OK.

You can block access to specific URLs by adding them to the URL block list. You can 
also add patterns using text and regular expressions (or wildcard characters) to block 
URLs. The FortiGate unit blocks web pages matching any specified URLs or patterns 
and displays a replacement message instead.

Enter the word or pattern you want to include in the banned word list

Select the pattern type for the banned word. Choose from wildcard or 

regular expression. See 

Select the character set for the banned word. Choose from: Chinese 

Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Japanese, Korean, Thai, or 

Western.

Select Enable to activate the banned word in the list.

Note: Enable Web filtering > Web URL Block in your firewall Protection Profile to activate the 
URL block settings.