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Getting Started with FortiGate

Getting Started with FortiGate

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Getting Started with FortiGate

Getting Started with FortiGate

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Overview of this book

FortiGate from Fortinet is a highly successful family of appliances enabled to manage routing and security on different layers, supporting dynamic protocols, IPSEC and VPN with SSL, application and user control, web contents and mail scanning, endpoint checks, and more, all in a single platform. The heart of the appliance is the FortiOS (FortiOS 5 is the latest release) which is able to unify a friendly web interface with a powerful command line to deliver high performance. FortiGate is able to give users the results they usually achieve at a fraction of the cost of what they would have to invest with other vendors.This practical, hands-on guide addresses all the tasks required to configure and manage a FortiGate unit in a logical order. The book starts with topics related to VLAN and routing (static and advanced) and then discusses in full the UTM features integrated in the appliance. The text explains SSL VPN and IPSEC VPN with all the required steps you need to deploy the aforementioned solutions. High availability and troubleshooting techniques are also explained in the last two chapters of the book.This concise, example-oriented book explores all the concepts you need to administer a FortiGate unit. You will begin by covering the basic tools required to administer a FortiGate unit, including NAT, routing, and VLANs. You will then be guided through the concepts of firewalling, UTM inside the appliance, tunnelling using SSL, and IPSEC and dial-up configurations. Next, you will get acquainted with important topics like high availability and Vdoms. Finally, you will end the book with an overview of troubleshooting tools and techniques.
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Policy routing


The policy routing feature allows us to force the traffic on a route different from the static route that we use for a certain destination network. Policy routing is based on a series of parameters such as protocol used, source network, and the input interface of the network traffic. Policy routing adds a lot of flexibility, allowing, for example, to select and direct requests to specific service networks dedicated only to specific functions. The configuration is made by navigating to the Router | Static | Policy Route menu as shown in the following screenshot:

Two of the fields that we can see in the preceding screenshot require additional explanation:

  • Protocol: Protocol numbers are based on the RFC 5237. You can read a complete list at http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/protocol-numbers.xhtml. Frequently used protocol numbers are 1 (ICMP), 6 (TCP), and 17 (UDP).

  • Type of Service: Type of service (TOS) is an 8-bit field in the IP header that enables you to determine how the IP datagram should be delivered, with qualities such as delay, priority, reliability, and minimum cost. You can read more details in the document Advanced Routing available at http://docs.fortinet.com/fgt/handbook/50/fortigate-advanced-routing-50.pdf.

Every time you create a policy route, it is added to the bottom of the routing table. The routes and routing policies are applied from top to bottom and the first match is applied. To change the position of a policy route in the table, go to Router | Static | Policy Route and select the Move To option for the policy route we want to move, as shown in the following screenshot:

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