Technical Note : Web Content Filtering with Chinese Characters

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Description

This article illustrates how to use a Web Filtering profile with chinese characters in the content filter.

Scope

Web Content Filtering with Chinese Characters

Solution

The FortiGate first needs to be Chinese language aware:

The Webfilter content rule can then be created with CLI:

config webfilter content
edit 1
config entries
edit "AnyKeyWords"
set lang <traditional or simplify chinese language>
set status enable
next
end
set name "AnyName"
next
end

Export the FortiGate config file and edit with any text editor with UTF-8 coding.

Import/Restore the amended FortiGate config file.

Enable Webfilter content.

The filter can now be tested.