Enabling VPN access by peer identifier

Whether you use certificates or pre-shared keys to authenticate the FortiGate unit, you can require that remote peers or clients have a particular peer ID. This adds another piece of information that is required to gain access to the VPN. More than one FortiGate/FortiClient dialup client may connect through the same VPN tunnel when the dialup clients share a preshared key and assume the same identifier.

A peer ID, also called local ID, can be up to 63 characters long containing standard regular expression characters. Local ID is set in phase1 Aggressive Mode configuration.

You cannot require a peer ID for a remote peer or client that uses a pre-shared key and has a static IP address.

Authenticating remote peers or dialup clients using one peer ID

1. At the FortiGate VPN server, go to VPN > IPsec Tunnels and create the new custom tunnel or edit an existing tunnel.
2. Edit the Phase 1 Proposal (if it is not available, you may need to click the Convert to Custom Tunnel button).
3. Select Aggressive mode in any of the following cases: l The FortiGate VPN server authenticates a FortiGate dialup client that uses a dedicated tunnel l A FortiGate unit has a dynamic IP address and subscribes to a dynamic DNS service

l FortiGate/FortiClient dialup clients sharing the same preshared key and local ID connect through the same VPN tunnel

4. For the Peer Options, select This peer ID and type the identifier into the corresponding field.
5. Select OK.

Assigning an identifier (local ID) to a FortiGate unit

Use this procedure to assign a peer ID to a FortiGate unit that acts as a remote peer or dialup client.

1. Go to VPN > IPsec Tunnels and create the new custom tunnel or edit an existing tunnel.
2. Edit the Phase 1 Proposal (if it is not available, you may need to click the Convert to Custom Tunnel button).
3. Select Advanced.
4. In the Local ID field, type the identifier that the FortiGate unit will use to identify itself.
5. Set Mode to Aggressive if any of the following conditions apply:
   • The FortiGate unit is a dialup client that will use a unique ID to connect to a FortiGate dialup server through a dedicated tunnel.
   • The FortiGate unit has a dynamic IP address, subscribes to a dynamic DNS service, and will use a unique ID to connect to the remote VPN peer through a dedicated tunnel.
   • The FortiGate unit is a dialup client that shares the specified ID with multiple dialup clients to connect to a FortiGate dialup server through the same tunnel.
6. Select OK.

Configuring the FortiClient application

Follow this procedure to add a peer ID to an existing FortiClient configuration:

1. Start the FortiClient application.
2. Go to VPN > Connections, select the existing configuration.
3. Select Advanced > Edit > Advanced.
4. Under Policy, select Config.
5. In the Local ID field, type the identifier that will be shared by all dialup clients. This value must match the This peer ID value that you specified previously in the Phase 1 gateway configuration on the FortiGate unit.
6. Select OK to close all dialog boxes.
7. Configure all dialup clients the same way using the same preshared key and local ID.

Enabling VPN access with user accounts and pre-shared keys

You can permit access only to remote peers or dialup clients that have pre-shared keys and/or peer IDs configured in user accounts on the FortiGate unit.

If you want two VPN peers (or a FortiGate unit and a dialup client) to accept reciprocal connections based on peer IDs, you must enable the exchange of their identifiers when you define the Phase 1 parameters.

The following procedures assume that you already have an existing Phase 1 configuration (see Authenticating remote peers and clients on page 52). Follow the procedures below to add ID checking to the existing configuration.

Before you begin, you must obtain the identifier (local ID) of the remote peer or dialup client. If you are using the

FortiClient Endpoint Security application as a dialup client, refer to the Authenticating FortiClient Dialup Clients Technical Note to view or assign an identifier. To assign an identifier to a FortiGate dialup client or a FortiGate unit that has a dynamic IP address and subscribes to a dynamic DNS service, see Assigning an identifier (local ID) to a FortiGate unit on page 55.

If required, a dialup user group can be created from existing user accounts for dialup clients. To create the user accounts and user groups, see the User Authentication handbook chapter.

The following procedure supports FortiGate/FortiClient dialup clients that use unique preshared keys and/or peer IDs. The client must have an account on the FortiGate unit and be a member of the dialup user group.

The dialup user group must be added to the FortiGate configuration before it can be selected. For more information, see the User Authentication handbook chapter.

The FortiGate dialup server compares the local ID that you specify at each dialup client to the FortiGate useraccount user name. The dialup-client preshared key is compared to a FortiGate user-account password.

Authenticating dialup clients using unique preshared keys and/or peer IDs

1. At the FortiGate VPN server, go to VPN > IPsec Tunnels and create the new custom tunnel or edit an existing tunnel.
2. Edit the Phase 1 Proposal (if it is not available, you may need to click the Convert to Custom Tunnel button).
3. If the clients have unique peer IDs, set Mode to Aggressive.
4. Clear the Pre-shared Key

The user account password will be used as the preshared key.

5. Select Peer ID from dialup group and then select the group name from the list of user groups.
6. Select OK.

Follow this procedure to add a unique pre-shared key and unique peer ID to an existing FortiClient configuration.

Configuring FortiClient – pre-shared key and peer ID

1. Start the FortiClient Endpoint Security application.
2. Go to VPN > Connections, select the existing configuration.
3. Select Advanced > Edit.
4. In the Preshared Key field, type the FortiGate password that belongs to the dialup client (for example,

1234546).

The user account password will be used as the preshared key.

5. Select Advanced.
6. Under Policy, select Config.
7. In the Local ID field, type the FortiGate user name that you assigned previously to the dialup client (for example, FortiC1ient1).
8. Select OK to close all dialog boxes.

Configure all FortiClient dialup clients this way using unique preshared keys and local IDs.

Follow this procedure to add a unique pre-shared key to an existing FortiClient configuration.

Configuring FortiClient – preshared key only

1. Start the FortiClient Endpoint Security application.
2. Go to VPN > Connections, select the existing configuration
3. Select Advanced > Edit.
4. In the Preshared Key field, type the user name, followed by a “+” sign, followed by the password that you specified previously in the user account settings on the FortiGate unit (for example, FC2+1FG6LK)
5. Select OK to close all dialog boxes.

Configure all the FortiClient dialup clients this way using their unique peer ID and pre-shared key values.

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