Remote authentication

You have the choice of local or remote user authentication of the Admin and Customer portal users. Local authentication works by defining the users in the local user databases. Remote authentication provides a choice of Radius authentication or FortiAuthenticator. The choice of authentication method is global to the whole FortiPortal.

If you set the authentication mode to remote, all user management functions reside with the remote system. FortiPortal user management capabilities (add/modify/delete users, reset password, change password) are blocked, as these apply only to local users.

For additional information regarding FortiAuthenticator, refer to the FortiAuthenticator product documentation.