IPv6 forwarding

IPv6 forwarding

Policies, IPS, Application Control, flow-based antivirus, web filtering, and DLP

FortiOS fully supports flow-based inspection of IPv6 traffic. This includes full support for IPS, application control, virus scanning, and web filtering.

To add flow-based inspection to IPv6 traffic go to Policy & Objects > IPv6 Policy and select Create New to add an IPv6 Security Policy. Configure the policy to accept the traffic to be scanned. Under Security Profiles, select the profiles to apply to the traffic.


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