Fortinet Torrent Block

                   Fortinet Torrent Block - URL Filter 💭

This article explains how to allow or block access to a website using the URL filter feature.

URL can be defined in three manners:-

1) Simple:- It matches the full context.

2) Wildcard:- It includes one or more URLs to a simple URL.

3) Regular Expressions:- It tries to match the pattern.

Configuring a URL filter:

1) Go to Security Profiles -> Web Filter.

2) Select a web filter to edit

3) Under Static URL Filter, enable URL Filter, and select Create New

4) Enter the URL, without the “HTTP”, for example: www. XYZ*.com

5) Select a Type: Simple, Regular Expression, or Wildcard. In this example, select Wildcard

6) Select the Action to take against matching URLs: Exempt, Block, Allow, or Monitor

7) Select Enable

8) Select OK

The Image which I have used to demonstrate the URL filter show's example for facebook.com. Below I have shared the config to block the torrent via CLI. 

The syntax in the CLI for configuring an entry is:

#config webfilter urlfilter

edit <ID>

config entries

edit 1

set url <url>

set referrer-host <url>

set type {simple | regex | wildcard}

set action {block | allow | monitor | exempt}

set status {enable | disable}

end

end

end

The below example shows how to block TORRENT via URL-Filter.

# config webfilter urlfilter 

(urlfilter) # show

config webfilter urlfilter

    edit 1

        set name "default"

        config entries

            edit 4

                set url "*torrent*"

                set type wildcard

                set action block

            next

            edit 2

                set url "*torrents*"

                set type wildcard

                set action block

            next

        end

    next

NOTE:- SSL/SSH deep/full inspection is mandatory for static URL filter working.

Regards,

Siddharth

HTH

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