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athirat
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February 22, 2017

Technical Note: How to set the proxy settings on FortiClient for internet access

  • February 22, 2017
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Description
This article explains how to setup proxy server on FortiClient for internet access.

Solution
1) Export the XML configuration.

2) Proxy-related information is contained inside the <proxy></proxy>

XML tags as below:
<forticlient_configuration>
<system>
<proxy>
<update>0</update>
<online_scep>0</online_scep>
<virus_submission>0</virus_submission>
<type>http</type>
<address></address>
<port>80</port>
<username>Encrypted/NonEncrypted_UsernameString</username>
<password>Encrypted/NonEncrypted_PasswordString</password>
</proxy>
</system>

For example:

<update>0</update>
<online_scep>0</online_scep>
<type>http</type>
<address>2.2.2.2</address>
<port>80</port>
<username>
 <![CDATA[Enc 2cf10e19cb783a52759194901f6155376b631db74b916383]]>
</username>
<password>
 <![CDATA[Enc bdbb26f2f06cd6e6af66d0c92750daca3189835575a19d47]]>
</password>
</proxy>

3) Import the XML config and will see all the connections requested via the proxy server IP.

Refer also to the FortiClient XML Reference Guide (v5.2.3 version)

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