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Category block configuration options Web filter
FortiGuard licensing
Every FortiGate unit comes with a free 30-day FortiGuard trial license. FortiGuard
license management is done by Fortinet servers, so there is no need to enter a
license number. The FortiGate unit will then automatically contact a FortiGuard
Service Point when you enable FortiGuard category blocking.
When you want to renew your FortiGuard license after the free trial, contact Fortinet
Technical Support.
FortiGuard configuration
Once selected, FortiGuard category blocking is enabled globally. After enabling
FortiGuard you can configure different categories for each firewall protection profile
you create.
Use the procedure “Configuring web category filtering options” on page 225 to
configure FortiGuard category blocking in a protection profile.
Category block configuration options
If you have ordered FortiGuard through Fortinet technical support or are using the free
30-day trial, you only need to enable the service to start configuring and using
FortiGuard.
Figure 168:Category block configuration
You can configure the following options to enable and help maintain FortiGuard web
filtering:
Enable Service
FortiGuard
Select to enable FortiGuard web filtering.
Status: Select Check Status to test the connection to the FortiGuard server.
Status should change from a flashing red/yellow indicator to a solid green
indicator when the server is contacted successfully.
License Type: The FortiGuard license type.
Expiration: The date the FortiGuard license expires.
Enable Cache Select to enable caching of category ratings for accessed URLs. This
means that the FortiGate unit does not have to contact the server each time
a commonly requested URL is accessed. The cache is configured to use 6%
of the of the FortiGate RAM. When the cache is full, the least recently
accessed URL is deleted.