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trent76
New Member
May 6, 2025
Question

Unblock certain game

  • May 6, 2025
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Hi,

I have a fortigate filter to block the entire games categoriy but i'd like to enable to play on a minecraft java server.

I've exempted *.mojang.com and *.xbox.com but the minecraft java launcher still has no connection to login to my microsoft account. I can run minecraft itself fine, and i can connect to the server but get rejected because my microsoft account is not logged in.

What do i need to exempt for this to work?

5 replies

AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser
May 6, 2025

Hi

In case there is no minecraft related AppCtrl or ISDB defined on the FortiGate, then one of the possible workaround is to check in FortiGate logs which traffic is blocked from your PC at the time when app is executed, then just add a policy to allow this blocked traffic.

AEK
Dorothy_Olvera
Visitor III
November 15, 2025

In my experience, the issue isn’t just the general domains like *.mojang.com or *.xbox.com. The Minecraft Java launcher and Microsoft login system use multiple endpoints for authentication, including Azure AD and account.live.com services.

Shyy
New Member
November 16, 2025

Hey,
I'd suggest to check the logs while attempting to go on the game that way

you'll know exactly what you need to open in terms of ports and destinations.

also, the game is owned by microsoft most likely you'll need to open something of theirs

ezhupa
Staff
Staff
November 19, 2025

Hello,
Can you share screenshots of your webfilter configuration and what other categories are blocked?
IF you share also forward logs from your fortigate, on the details part there is a lot of usefult information that can indicate what exactly it is blocking.

Most likely the page redirects to other links prior to the login part, and if you have a web filter that basically "blocks all" except what you want to exempt/allow, it might be that the redirect links are being blocked and therefore you cannot move forward.
If you are able to find the links, you can start to exempt them one by one. (if they are not too many)

Hope this helps!

Visitor
April 27, 2026

Thanks a lot!

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