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cravikumar
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Staff
November 25, 2024

Troubleshooting Tip: Difference between the Web Filter and DNS block page

  • November 25, 2024
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Description This article describes why FortiGate displays different block pages while trying to visit the same site.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution

Block Page 1:

 

bp-1.png

 

Block Page 2:

 

bp2.png

 

The first screenshot is a web filter block page and the second screenshot DNS filter block page.

 

If a page is blocked by DNS, it will always by default redirect to FortiGate's block portal IP '208.91.112.55'. It will always be the html page with the error: 'Web Page Blocked!'. It can also be redirected to any address specified under the DNS filter option.

 

bp-3.png

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