| Description | This article describes how to block TikTok and displaying a block message. |
| Scope | FortiOS v6.4.14, v7.0.13, v7.2.6, v7.4.2. |
| Solution |
See this article for instructions on how to block TikTok with the web filter alone.
The web filter may not be the preferred option to fully block TikTok because some foreign countries have no keyword ‘TikTok’ in the URL.
However, application control can block TikTok by signature. When web filter, application control, and SSL deep inspection are enabled in the same firewall policy, application control will trigger first and block the connection.
Application control can block traffic in both flow-based and proxy-based inspection mode policies:
Policy in flow base inspection mode: FortiGate will send a block message showing that the TikTok connection is blocked by application control.
Policy in proxy inspection mode: FortiGate will not send a block message after the connection is blocked.
Solution: change the policy inspection mode to flow-based inspection mode.
config firewall policy edit <id> inspection-mode flow end |
