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    • FortiOS Release Notes

    Home FortiGate / FortiOS 6.4.9 FortiOS Release Notes
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    IP pools and VIPs are not considered local addresses for certain FortiOS versions

    IP pools and VIPs are not considered local addresses for certain FortiOS versions

    For FortiOS 6.4.9 and later, 7.0.1 to 7.0.12, 7.2.0 to 7.2.5, and 7.4.0, all IP addresses used as IP pools and VIPs are not considered local IP addresses if responding to ARP requests on these external IP addresses is enabled (set arp-reply enable, by default). For these cases, the FortiGate is not considered a destination for those IP addresses and cannot receive reply traffic at the application layer without special handling.

    • This behavior affects FortiOS features in the application layer that use an IP pool as its source IP pool, including SSL VPN web mode, explicit web proxy, and the phase 1 local gateway in an interface mode IPsec VPN.
    • The FortiGate will not receive reply traffic at the application layer, and the corresponding FortiOS feature will not work as desired.
    • Configuring an IP pool as the source NAT IP address in a regular firewall policy works as before.

    For details on the history of the behavior changes for IP pools and VIPs, and for issues and their workarounds for the affected FortiOS versions, see Technical Tip: IP pool and virtual IP behavior changes in FortiOS 6.4, 7.0, 7.2, and 7.4.

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    IP pools and VIPs are not considered local addresses for certain FortiOS versions

    IP pools and VIPs are not considered local addresses for certain FortiOS versions

    For FortiOS 6.4.9 and later, 7.0.1 to 7.0.12, 7.2.0 to 7.2.5, and 7.4.0, all IP addresses used as IP pools and VIPs are not considered local IP addresses if responding to ARP requests on these external IP addresses is enabled (set arp-reply enable, by default). For these cases, the FortiGate is not considered a destination for those IP addresses and cannot receive reply traffic at the application layer without special handling.

    • This behavior affects FortiOS features in the application layer that use an IP pool as its source IP pool, including SSL VPN web mode, explicit web proxy, and the phase 1 local gateway in an interface mode IPsec VPN.
    • The FortiGate will not receive reply traffic at the application layer, and the corresponding FortiOS feature will not work as desired.
    • Configuring an IP pool as the source NAT IP address in a regular firewall policy works as before.

    For details on the history of the behavior changes for IP pools and VIPs, and for issues and their workarounds for the affected FortiOS versions, see Technical Tip: IP pool and virtual IP behavior changes in FortiOS 6.4, 7.0, 7.2, and 7.4.

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