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masanseti
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July 27, 2022
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How to bypass fortinet fortiguard web filtering??

  • July 27, 2022
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So umm my college has blacklisted quite a few websites and apps so as to promote productivity and a studious environment. They are using fortinet for this task.

Unfortunately this also includes steam, epic games and even the riot client. I cannot access any of them and cant play any games on my dorm wifi. I was hoping to gain help for bypassing this even if its just for steam epic and riot. I can always use my mobile data connection to access the other websites but playing valorant on mobile data hotspot leads to ridiculously high ping in the neighborhood of like 150-250 ms. Can anyone help with this??

keep in mind I am not an expert or even well versed in networking so please treat me like your parents when trying to explain how things work or how to go about trying to bypass this.

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Markus_M
Staff & Editor
Staff & Editor
July 27, 2022

Hello Masanseti,

 

you would have to access the FortiGate for that with a reasonable admin account and change the web filtering policy (or DNS filter, if that is in place). If you have no access, that will be difficult or impossible to bypass. That is probably the intention of the network admin.

 

Best regards,

 

Markus

 

Best regards, Markus
AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser
January 24, 2023

This is not a hacking forum.

AEK
Visitor II
September 23, 2026

This is very difficult to bypass fortinet fortiguard web filtering. Actaully when you are using third party wifi. they are using firewall to secure its system from comming any threads. the sequence is like this:
Your device → company Wi-Fi → Fortinet → the webiste you are visiting

note: there is fortinet between your device and the website you are visiting. so it is diffucult to bypass it.

for example when your device are connected to a wifi then your device (such as mobile, laptop, etc) is also the part of that third party system. hackers can enter through your device as well when you click on any link that contain malwares. we are also using this system in our company commercial roofing houston texas. because previously russians hackers was attacked on our database and hacked it through our staff member mobile device. but we have recovered soon. so a good option is that to contact with the IT department. this is very good option.

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