FortiGuard DNS Filtering Service
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FortiGuard DNS Filtering Service, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FortiGuard DNS Filtering Service's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| FortiGuard DNS Filtering Service | Priced on request | Pricing not stated on the product page |
The facts
Each one read from FortiGuard DNS Filtering Service's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attack detection
- Full inspection of DNS traffic detects DNS-based application, volumetric, and anomaly attacks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Attack inspection
- It performs full DNS traffic inspection to detect DNS application, volumetric, and anomaly attacks, including DoS and DDoS attacks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Botnet blocking
- It blocks DNS requests to known botnet command-and-control domains.checked 11 Oct 2026
- DNS filtering
- It filters DNS requests based on FortiGuard domain ratings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- DNS flood protection
- It limits the number of DNS requests to protect against DNS flood attacks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- DNSSEC
- It uses digital signatures to verify the authenticity of DNS responses.checked 11 Oct 2026
- DNS threat blocking
- It rejects DNS queries from staging sites to help stop infiltration and exfiltration attempts, including DNS leaks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Domain ratings
- It filters DNS requests based on FortiGuard domain ratings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Encrypted DNS inspection
- DNS inspection supports DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH).checked 11 Oct 2026
- Fabric integrations
- The page lists FortiGate, FortiProxy, FortiDDoS, FortiXDR, and FortiTrust as Security Fabric integrations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The page lists FortiGate, FortiProxy, FortiDDoS, FortiXDR, and FortiTrust as Security Fabric integrations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- The product page presents Enterprise, Small Mid-Sized Businesses, and Service Providers as customer groupings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy use case
- The page says encrypting DNS traffic can help prevent third parties from intercepting or tracking DNS queries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The service highlights unusual DNS behavior to improve detection of malicious activity, compromised systems, and rogue-domain staging areas.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Fortinet’s product page links to FortiCare Customer Support and the Fortinet Community support forum.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported audience
- The page organizes its product audiences under Enterprise, Small Mid-Sized Businesses, and Service Providers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- Fortinet describes protection against DNS spoofing and cache poisoning, improved privacy through DNS traffic encryption, and improved DNS reliability.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- Fortinet says it was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2000checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, California, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
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