Sometimes, after a long day of work, the need to vent is so powerful that you can’t overcome it. Well, today is one of those days so I figured I would bless you guys with a little bit of information. If you use a Dell Sonic Wall…..I pity you for […]
Web Security/Web Filter Web Security/Web Filter allows you to block, allow, warn, and monitor web traffic based on URL category or custom URL filters. URL categorization is handled by the FortiGuard Distribution Network (FDN). You can create a custom URL filter exclusion list which overrides the FDN category. When FortiClient […]
Introduction FortiCache high performance web caching appliances address bandwidth saturation, high latency, and poor performance caused by caching popular internet content locally for carriers, service providers, enterprises, and educational networks. FortiCache appliances reduce the cost and impact of cached content on the network while increasing performance and the end-user experience […]
Introduction FortiBridge enables you to add traffic monitoring and security devices to your network, without any loss in network integrity. FortiBridge supports two normal modes of operation: inline mode and TAP mode. Inline mode supports network configurations that require in-line monitoring/security devices. TAP mode supports various traffic TAP configurations, where […]
Fortinet Single Sign-On FSSO is a set of methods to transparently authenticate users to FortiGate and FortiCache devices. This means that the FortiAuthenticator unit is trusting the implicit authentication of a different system, and using that to identify the user. FortiAuthenticator takes this framework and enhances it with several authentication […]
Port-based Network Access Control Port-based Network Access Control (PNAC), or 802.1X, authentication requires a client, an authenticator, and an authentication server (such as a FortiAuthenticator device). The client is a device that wants to connect to the network. The authenticator is simply a network device, such as a wireless access […]
Authentication FortiAuthenticator provides an easy to configure authentication server for your users. Multiple FortiGate units can use a single FortiAuthenticator unit for remote authentication and FortiToken device management. FortiAuthenticatorin a multiple FortiGate unit network This chapter includes the following topics: l What to configure l User account policies l User […]
System The System tab enables you to manage and configure the basic system options for the FortiAuthenticator unit. This includes the basic network settings to connect the device to the corporate network, the configuration of administrators and their access privileges, managing and updating firmware for the device, and managing messaging […]
