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January 15, 2025

Technical Tip: Matching FortiGate session ID with in log and session list

  • January 15, 2025
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Description This article describes how to match the session ID from the 'diag sys session list' output with the traffic log in FortiGate.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution

The session ID can be checked in the Traffic Log -> Log Details:

 

traffic log.png

 

In the output of the 'diag sys session list', the session ID is the 'serial':

 

session list.png

 

To confirm both are the same session, a scientific calculator is required to do a hexa and dec conversion:

 

hexaconvert.png

 

Based on the calculator output above, 11c3ad7 and 18627287 matched. Therefore, there are the same sessions.
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