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FortiUserVN
Explorer
April 29, 2026
Question

How can I effectively block an app that has both a mobile app and a web version?

Hello everyone, my company is using a fully licensed FortiGate 100F firewall and I need to block Telegram. I've searched in FortiGuard and classified it as Collaboration. Now, to effectively block it and optimize my firewall's performance, should I block it via Application Control or Web Filtering? What Inspection Mode should I set? Flow or Proxy Based?

Please give me your advice. Thank you!

1 reply

AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser
April 29, 2026

 

Hi FortiUser

You can block it with app ctrl, flow mode or proxy mode, and it doesn’t need deep inspection.

Hope it helps.

AEK
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