Video Filter profile 7.2.1

A new Video Filter profile is available in EMS. With this profile, you can define an action (block, allow, warn, or monitor) for the following:

• YouTube video category
• YouTube channel
• Individual YouTube video URL

If you block access to a channel and allow access to a specific video that belongs to the blocked channel, FortiClient blocks access to the video. The action configured for the channel overrides the action configured for the specific video.

You can also enable Safe Search on the Video Filter and Web Filter profiles. When Safe Search is enabled on both profiles, the more restrictive settings are applied to YouTube.

This feature requires the Web Filter profile and Enable Web Browser Plugin for Web Filtering to be enabled. This feature is only available for FortiClient (Windows) endpoints.

To configure a Video Filter profile to block access to sports video category:

1. In EMS, go to Endpoint Profiles > Web Filter.
2. Enable Web Filter.
3. Enable Enable Web Browser Plugin for Web Filtering.
4. Click Save.
5. Go to Endpoint Profiles > Video Filter.
6. Enable Video Filter Profile.
7. Enable Categories.
8. For Sports, configure Block as the action.
9. Click Save.

   

   The following shows the browser after the endpoint user attempts to access a sports video on YouTube.

   

To configure a Video Filter profile to block access to video by channel ID:

1. In EMS, configure Web Filter settings:
   1. Go to Endpoint Profiles > Web Filter.
   2. Enable Web Filter.
   3. Enable Enable Web Browser Plugin for Web Filtering.
   4. Click Save.
2. Go to Endpoint Profiles > Video Filter.
3. Enable Video Filter Profile.
4. Enable Categories.
5. Enable Youtube Advanced Settings.
6. Under Channel Override List, click +.
7. For Action, select Block.
8. In the Channel ID field, enter the YouTube channel ID. This example blocks the BTSport and dazncanada channels.
9. Click Save.

   

   The following shows the browser after the endpoint user attempts to access the blocked channels.

   

To configure a Video Filter profile to block access to video by URL:

1. In EMS, configure Web Filter settings:
   1. Go to Endpoint Profiles > Web Filter.
   2. Enable Web Filter.
   3. Enable Enable Web Browser Plugin for Web Filtering.
   4. Click Save.
2. Go to Endpoint Profiles > Video Filter.
3. Enable Video Filter Profile.
4. Enable Categories.
5. Enable Youtube Advanced Settings.
6. Under Video Override List, click +.
7. For Action, select Block.
8. In the Video URL field, enter the video URL in the format: youtube.com/watch?v=<video ID>.
9. Click Save.

   

   The following shows the browser after the endpoint user attempts to access the blocked video.