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December 4, 2024

Technical Tip: How to delete External Domain Name threat feed

  • December 4, 2024
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Description This article describes how to delete an External Domain Name threat feed when it has no reference.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution

To delete the Domain Name External threat feed, select Security Fabric -> External Connectors.

 

Right-click on the Domain threat feed to delete it, and select view-object if it is referenced anywhere. 

 

If there is no object reference but it is still not possible to delete, the action is set to Redirect to Block Page for that Domain Name Threat somewhere in the DNS profile that. 

 

For example, in the below image, it says the Domain Name threat feed is use it in one of the DNS profiles in category 192.

 

Domain Threat Feed.png

 

In the DNS profile, Category 192 is set to Redirect to Block Portal.

 

DNS Profile.png

 

To delete the external threat feed, it must be set to Allow:

 

Allowed Action.png

 

Once it is saved, try to delete it again. This time it will successfully delete the Domain Name threat feed.

 

Deleted.png

 
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