Web Filter does not block websites

[sumith]

I am trying to block discord in our organisation and it does not seem to work.

I have tried flow based , proxy based method with combination of simple , wildcard and regex types.

However this somehow blocks support.discord.com page but not the main website or other sub domains

[rbraha]

Hi @sumith 

Check the below documentation ,it might help.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-URL-filter-to-block-top-level-domain-TLD-n...

[sumith]

thanks for the reply. but that article explains how to block top level domains which will block all URLs with .com or .net etc.  not a a specific web url.

[smaruvala]

Hi,

- Is there any specific URL in discord.com you are trying to block?

- We also have an application our application filter for Discord. You can use this to block discord URL's as well.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Configuring-application-profiles-to-block-...

- You can use just the static URL filter for "*.discord.com" in the URL filter (as wildcard) profile and block it too. 

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Using-a-static-URL-filter-feature-to-allow...

- Both of the above blocks all the subdomains of the discord.com

Regards,

Shiva

[pavankr5]

Dear Customer,

Please check this article on Using a static URL filter feature to allow/block web sites.
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/Support-Forum/Web-Filter-does-not-block-websites/td-p/284960 let us know if you have any queries.

Thanks,

Pavan

[ConnyGustavsson]

Discord can be block by Application Control Profiles.  BR/Conny