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lynhlee
New Member
Nov 1, 2017 5:01 AM UTC
Question

Freegate Blocking

Hi every body,

I have FG.300D with fortios 5.x. 

I'm blocking the internet during business hours (facebook, youtube, news...). However, some users use Freegate software to bypass FG.  I tried blocking it with an Application control and deny tcp. 8580 but did not success.

Please help me. Can somebody give me solution to this problem?

Thanks & Best regards,

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    hmtay_FTNT
    Staff
    Staff
    Nov 2, 2017 1:19 PM UTC

    Hello,

     

    If you are using FortiOS 5.2 and below, you need to enable deep-inspection to block Freegate. If you are using FortiOS 5.4 and above, deep-inspection is not needed. 

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    Ganzo
    New Member
    Jun 3, 2019 8:34 AM UTC

    Have same problem here.

     

    First attempt is blocked sometimes and when re-launch the program, it connects to their servers...

     

    Is there any method to block this FreeGate? 

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