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Topology view — consolidated risk
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Configuring the Security Fabric with SAML
Configuring single-sign-on in the Security Fabric
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Symantec endpoint connector
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Creating automation stitches
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Proxy chaining (web proxy forwarding servers)
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DHCP server
DHCP options
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DHCP client options
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Policy routes
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SD-WAN quick start
Configuring the SD-WAN interface
Adding a static route
Selecting the implicit SD-WAN algorithm
Configuring firewall policies for SD-WAN
Link monitoring and failover
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Configuring SD-WAN in the CLI
SD-WAN zones
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Dynamic application steering with lowest cost and best quality strategies
SD-WAN traffic shaping and QoS
DSCP tag-based traffic steering in SD-WAN
Configuring IPsec tunnels
Configuring SD-WAN zones
Configuring firewall policies
Configuring Performance SLA test
Configuring SD-WAN rules
Results
Advanced configuration
Self-originating traffic
SDN dynamic connector addresses in SD-WAN rules
Forward error correction on VPN overlay networks
Using BGP tags with SD-WAN rules
BGP multiple path support
Controlling traffic with BGP route mapping and service rules
Applying BGP route-map to multiple BGP neighbors
IBGP and EBGP support in VRF
ADVPN and shortcut paths
SD-WAN monitor on ADVPN shortcuts
SD-WAN integration with OCVPN
DSCP matching (shaping)
SD-WAN health check packet DSCP marker support
Dual VPN tunnel wizard
SD-WAN with FGCP HA
Dynamic connector addresses in SD-WAN policies
SD-WAN configuration portability
Interface speedtest
SD-WAN cloud on-ramp
Configuring the VPN overlay between the HQ FortiGate and cloud FortiGate-VM
Configuring the VPN overlay between the HQ FortiGate and AWS native VPN gateway
Configuring the VIP to access the remote servers
Configuring the SD-WAN to steer traffic between the overlays
Verifying the traffic
Hub and spoke SD-WAN deployment example
Datacenter configuration
Configure dial-up (dynamic) VPN
Configure VPN interfaces
Configure loopback interface
Configure BGP
Firewall policies
Configure a black hole route
Branch configuration
Configure VPN to the hub
Configure VPN interfaces
Configure BGP
Configure SD-WAN
Firewall configuration
Validation
Dynamic definition of SD-WAN routes
Adding another datacenter
Configuring SD-WAN in an HA cluster using internal hardware switches
Troubleshooting SD-WAN
Understanding SD-WAN related logs
SD-WAN related diagnose commands
SLA logging
SLA monitoring using the REST API
SD-WAN bandwidth monitoring service
System
Administrators
Administrator profiles
Add a local administrator
Remote authentication for administrators
Password policy
Admin profile option for diagnose access
Firmware
Firmware upgrade notifications
Downloading a firmware image
Testing a firmware version
Upgrading the firmware
Downgrading to a previous firmware version
Installing firmware from system reboot
Restoring from a USB drive
Controlled upgrade
Settings
Default administrator password
Changing the host name
Setting the system time
SHA-1 authentication support (for NTPv4)
PTPv2
Configuring ports
Custom default service port range
Setting the idle timeout time
Setting the password policy
Changing the view settings
Setting the administrator password retries and lockout time
Virtual Domains
Split-task VDOM mode
Assign interfaces to a VDOM
Create per-VDOM administrators
Multi VDOM mode
Multi VDOM configuration examples
NAT mode
NAT and transparent mode
High Availability
Introduction to the FGCP cluster
Failover protection
FGSP (session synchronization) peer setup
UTM inspection on asymmetric traffic in FGSP
UTM inspection on asymmetric traffic on L3
Encryption for L3 on asymmetric traffic in FGSP
Synchronizing sessions between FGCP clusters
Using standalone configuration synchronization
Troubleshoot an HA formation
Check HA sync status
Disabling stateful SCTP inspection
Upgrading FortiGates in an HA cluster
HA cluster setup examples
HA active-passive cluster setup
HA active-active cluster setup
HA virtual cluster setup
HA using a hardware switch to replace a physical switch
Routing data over the HA management interface
Override FortiAnalyzer and syslog server settings
Force HA failover for testing and demonstrations
Querying autoscale clusters for FortiGate VM
SNMP
Interface access
MIB files
SNMP agent
SNMP v1/v2c communities
SNMP v3 users
Important SNMP traps
SNMP traps and query for monitoring DHCP pool
Replacement messages
Replacement message groups
FortiGuard
IPv6 FortiGuard connections
Configuring antivirus and IPS options
Manual updates
Automatic updates
Sending malware statistics to FortiGuard
Update server location
Filtering
Override FortiGuard servers
Online security tools
FortiGuard anycast and third-party SSL validation
Using FortiManager as a local FortiGuard server
Cloud service communication statistics
IoT detection service
Feature visibility
Certificates
Microsoft CA deep packet inspection
Purchase and import a signed SSL certificate
Configuration scripts
Workspace mode
Policy and Objects
Policies
Firewall policy parameters
Profile-based NGFW vs policy-based NGFW
NGFW policy mode application default service
Policy views and policy lookup
Policy with source NAT
Static SNAT
Dynamic SNAT
Central SNAT
Configuring an IPv6 SNAT policy
SNAT policies with virtual wire pairs
Policy with destination NAT
Static virtual IPs
Virtual IP with services
Virtual IPs with port forwarding
Virtual server
Policy with Internet Service
Using Internet Service in policy
Using custom Internet Service in policy
Using extension Internet Service in policy
Global IP address information database
IP reputation filtering
Internet service groups in policies
Allow creation of ISDB objects with regional information
Internet service customization
NAT64 policy and DNS64 (DNS proxy)
NAT46 policy
Multicast processing and basic Multicast policy
Local-in policies
IPv4/IPv6 access control lists
Mirroring SSL traffic in policies
Inspection mode per policy
OSPFv3 neighbor authentication
Firewall anti-replay option per policy
Enabling advanced policy options in the GUI
Recognize anycast addresses in geo-IP blocking
Matching GeoIP by registered and physical location
Authentication policy extensions
HTTP to HTTPS redirect for load balancing
GTPv2 in policies
Use active directory objects directly in policies
FortiGate Cloud / FDN communication through an explicit proxy
No session timeout
MAP-E support
Objects
Address group exclusions
MAC addressed-based policies
ISDB well-known MAC address list
Dynamic policy — fabric devices
FSSO dynamic address subtype
ClearPass integration for dynamic address objects
Group address objects synchronized from FortiManager
Using wildcard FQDN addresses in firewall policies
IPv6 geography-based addresses
Array structure for address objects
Traffic shaping
Determining your QoS requirements
Packet rates
Changing traffic shaper bandwidth unit of measurement
Shared traffic shaper
Per-IP traffic shaper
Type of Service-based prioritization and policy-based traffic shaping
Interface-based traffic shaping profile
Interface-based traffic shaping with NP acceleration
Classifying traffic by source interface
Configuring traffic class IDs
Traffic shaping schedules
QoS assignment and rate limiting for quarantined VLANs
Weighted random early detection queuing
Security Profiles
Inspection modes
Flow mode inspection (default mode)
Proxy mode inspection
Inspection mode feature comparison
Antivirus
Databases
Content disarm and reconstruction for antivirus
FortiGuard outbreak prevention
External malware block list for antivirus
Checking flow antivirus statistics
CIFS support
Using FortiSandbox appliance with antivirus
Using FortiSandbox Cloud with antivirus
Web filter
URL filter
FortiGuard filter
Credential phishing prevention
Usage quota
Web content filter
Advanced filters 1
Advanced filters 2
External resources for web filter
Reliable web filter statistics
Flow-based web filtering
URL certificate blocklist
DNS filter
How to configure and apply a DNS filter profile
FortiGuard category-based DNS domain filtering
Botnet C&C domain blocking
DNS safe search
Local domain filter
DNS translation
Using a FortiGate as a DNS server
Troubleshooting for DNS filter
Application control
Basic category filters and overrides
Port enforcement check
Protocol enforcement
SSL-based application detection over decrypted traffic in a sandwich topology
Matching multiple parameters on application control signatures
Intrusion prevention
Botnet C&C IP blocking
Detecting IEC 61850 MMS protocol in IPS
File filter
Supported file types
Email filter
Local-based filters
FortiGuard-based filters
Protocols and actions
Configuring webmail filtering
Data leak prevention
Basic DLP filter types
DLP fingerprinting
DLP watermarking
VoIP solutions
General use cases
SIP message inspection and filtering
SIP pinholes
SIP over TLS
Custom SIP RTP port range support
Voice VLAN auto-assignment
ICAP
ICAP configuration example
ICAP response filtering
Web application firewall
Protecting a server running web applications
SSL & SSH Inspection
Certificate inspection
Deep inspection
Protecting an SSL server
Ignoring the AUTH TLS command
SSH traffic file scanning
Redirect to WAD after handshake completion
Custom signatures
Application groups in policies
Overrides
Web rating override
Web profile override
VPN
IPsec VPNs
General IPsec VPN configuration
Network topologies
Phase 1 configuration
Choosing IKE version 1 and 2
Pre-shared key vs digital certificates
Using XAuth authentication
Dynamic IPsec route control
Dynamic tunnel interface creation
Phase 2 configuration
VPN security policies
Blocking unwanted IKE negotiations and ESP packets with a local-in policy
Site-to-site VPN
Basic site-to-site VPN with pre-shared key
Site-to-site VPN with digital certificate
GRE over IPsec
Policy-based IPsec tunnel
IKEv2 IPsec site-to-site VPN to an AWS VPN gateway
IPsec VPN to Azure with virtual network gateway
IPsec VPN to an Azure with virtual WAN
IPSec VPN between a FortiGate and a Cisco ASA with multiple subnets
Remote access
FortiGate as dialup client
FortiClient as dialup client
Add FortiToken multi-factor authentication
Add LDAP user authentication
iOS device as dialup client
IPsec VPN with external DHCP service
L2TP over IPsec
Tunneled Internet browsing
Aggregate and redundant VPN
OSPF with IPsec VPN for network redundancy
IPsec VPN in an HA environment
Adding IPsec aggregate members in the GUI
Represent multiple IPsec tunnels as a single interface
IPsec aggregate for redundancy and traffic load-balancing
Per packet distribution and tunnel aggregation
Redundant hub and spoke VPN
Weighted round robin for IPsec aggregate tunnels
Overlay Controller VPN (OCVPN)
Full mesh OCVPN
Hub-spoke OCVPN with ADVPN shortcut
Hub-spoke OCVPN with inter-overlay source NAT
OCVPN portal
Allow FortiClient to join OCVPN
Troubleshooting OCVPN
ADVPN
IPsec VPN wizard hub-and-spoke ADVPN support
ADVPN with BGP as the routing protocol
ADVPN with OSPF as the routing protocol
ADVPN with RIP as the routing protocol
UDP hole punching for spokes behind NAT
Other VPN topics
VPN and ASIC offload
Encryption algorithms
Fragmenting IP packets before IPsec encapsulation
VXLAN over IPsec tunnel
Defining gateway IP addresses in IPsec with mode-config and DHCP
FQDN support for remote gateways
VPN IPsec troubleshooting
Understanding VPN related logs
IPsec related diagnose commands
SSL VPN
SSL VPN best practices
SSL VPN quick start
SSL VPN split tunnel for remote user
Connecting from FortiClient VPN client
Set up FortiToken multi-factor authentication
Connecting from FortiClient with FortiToken
SSL VPN tunnel mode
SSL VPN full tunnel for remote user
SSL VPN tunnel mode host check
SSL VPN web mode for remote user
SSL VPN authentication
SSL VPN with LDAP user authentication
SSL VPN with LDAP user password renew
SSL VPN with LDAP-integrated certificate authentication
SSL VPN for remote users with MFA and user case sensitivity
SSL VPN with FortiToken mobile push authentication
SSL VPN with RADIUS on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with RADIUS and FortiToken mobile push on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with RADIUS password renew on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with RADIUS on Windows NPS
SSL VPN with multiple RADIUS servers
SSL VPN with local user password policy
SSL VPN with certificate authentication
Dynamic address support for SSL VPN policies
SSL VPN multi-realm
NAS-IP support per SSL-VPN realm
SSL VPN to IPsec VPN
SSL VPN protocols
TLS 1.3 support
SMBv2 support
SSL VPN troubleshooting
Debug commands
Troubleshooting common issues
User & Authentication
Endpoint control and compliance
Per-policy disclaimer messages
Compliance
FortiSandbox Cloud region selection
FortiGate VM unique certificate
Running a file system check automatically
FortiGuard distribution of updated Apple certificates
User Definition
User types
Removing a user
User Groups
Configuring POP3 authentication
Guest Management
Configuring guest access
Retail environment guest access
LDAP Servers
Configuring an LDAP server
FSSO polling connector agent installation
Enabling Active Directory recursive search
Configuring LDAP dial-in using a member attribute
Configuring wildcard admin accounts
Configuring least privileges for LDAP admin account authentication in Active Directory
RADIUS Servers
Configuring RADIUS SSO authentication
RSA ACE (SecurID) servers
Support for Okta RADIUS attributes filter-Id and class
TACACS+ servers
SAML
SAML SP for VPN authentication
Authentication Settings
FortiTokens
Configuring FortiTokens
FortiToken Cloud
Configuring FortiToken Mobile
FortiToken maintenance
FortiToken Mobile Push
Configuring the maximum log in attempts and lockout period
PKI
Creating a PKI/peer user
Configuring firewall authentication
Wireless configuration
Switch Controller
FortiLink setup
Viewing managed FortiSwitches
VLAN interface templates for FortiSwitches
FortiLink auto network configuration policy
FortiLink network sniffer extension
FortiLink MCLAG configuration
Standalone FortiGate as switch controller
Standalone FortiGate as switch controller
Multiple FortiSwitches managed via hardware/software switch
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with redundant link enabled
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled only on distribution
HA (A-P) mode FortiGate pairs as switch controller
Multiple FortiSwitches managed via hardware/software switch
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with redundant link enabled
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled only on distribution
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled on all tiers
Authentication and security
MAC-based 802.1X authentication
Port-based 802.1X authentication
MAC layer control - Sticky MAC and MAC Learning-limit
Quarantine
Flow and device detection
Data statistic
Security Fabric showing
NAC policies on switch ports
Use FortiSwitch to query FortiGuard IoT service for device details
Voice device detection
FortiSwitch multi-tenant support
Persistent MAC learning
Split port mode (for QSFP / QSFP28)
Dynamic VLAN name assignment from RADIUS attribute
MSTI support
Netflow and IPFIX support
Log and Report
Viewing event logs
Sample logs by log type
Log buffer on FortiGates with an SSD disk
Checking the email filter log
Supported log types to FortiAnalyzer, syslog, and FortiAnalyzer Cloud
Configuring multiple FortiAnalyzers on a multi-VDOM FortiGate
Configuring multiple FortiAnalyzers (or syslog servers) per VDOM
Source and destination UUID logging
Logging the signal-to-noise ratio and signal strength per client
RSSO information for authenticated destination users in logs
Troubleshooting
Log-related diagnose commands
Backing up log files or dumping log messages
SNMP OID for logs that failed to send
VM
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Oracle OCI
AliCloud
Private cloud
VM license
FortiGate multiple connector support
Adding VDOMs with FortiGate v-series
Terraform: FortiOS as a provider
PF SR-IOV driver support
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting methodologies
Troubleshooting scenarios
Checking the system date and time
Checking the hardware connections
Checking FortiOS network settings
Troubleshooting CPU and network resources
Troubleshooting high CPU usage
Checking the modem status
Running ping and traceroute
Checking the logs
Verifying routing table contents in NAT mode
Verifying the correct route is being used
Verifying the correct firewall policy is being used
Checking the bridging information in transparent mode
Checking wireless information
Performing a sniffer trace (CLI and packet capture)
Debugging the packet flow
Testing a proxy operation
Displaying detail Hardware NIC information
Performing a traffic trace
Using a session table
Finding object dependencies
Diagnosing NPU-based interfaces
Identifying the XAUI link used for a specific traffic stream
Running the TAC report
Other commands
ARP table
IP address
FortiGuard troubleshooting
Verifying connectivity to FortiGuard
Troubleshooting process for FortiGuard updates
FortiGuard server settings
Additional resources
Change Log
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Add FortiToken multi-factor authentication
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iOS device as dialup client
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IPsec VPN in an HA environment
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ADVPN with RIP as the routing protocol
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Encryption algorithms
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VXLAN over IPsec tunnel
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Set up FortiToken multi-factor authentication
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SSL VPN with LDAP user password renew
SSL VPN with LDAP-integrated certificate authentication
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SSL VPN with RADIUS on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with RADIUS and FortiToken mobile push on FortiAuthenticator
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SSL VPN with multiple RADIUS servers
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FortiGate VM unique certificate
Running a file system check automatically
FortiGuard distribution of updated Apple certificates
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User types
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User Groups
Configuring POP3 authentication
Guest Management
Configuring guest access
Retail environment guest access
LDAP Servers
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FSSO polling connector agent installation
Enabling Active Directory recursive search
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Configuring wildcard admin accounts
Configuring least privileges for LDAP admin account authentication in Active Directory
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RSA ACE (SecurID) servers
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TACACS+ servers
SAML
SAML SP for VPN authentication
Authentication Settings
FortiTokens
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FortiToken maintenance
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Voice device detection
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Persistent MAC learning
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Troubleshooting methodologies
Troubleshooting scenarios
Checking the system date and time
Checking the hardware connections
Checking FortiOS network settings
Troubleshooting CPU and network resources
Troubleshooting high CPU usage
Checking the modem status
Running ping and traceroute
Checking the logs
Verifying routing table contents in NAT mode
Verifying the correct route is being used
Verifying the correct firewall policy is being used
Checking the bridging information in transparent mode
Checking wireless information
Performing a sniffer trace (CLI and packet capture)
Debugging the packet flow
Testing a proxy operation
Displaying detail Hardware NIC information
Performing a traffic trace
Using a session table
Finding object dependencies
Diagnosing NPU-based interfaces
Identifying the XAUI link used for a specific traffic stream
Running the TAC report
Other commands
ARP table
IP address
FortiGuard troubleshooting
Verifying connectivity to FortiGuard
Troubleshooting process for FortiGuard updates
FortiGuard server settings
Additional resources
Change Log