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August 29, 2011
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allow connection from dynamic ip addresses to fg

  • August 29, 2011
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Hello. I would like to know if there is a way to allow certain non fixed ip address to connect to the fortigate unit, wich has a fixed ip address. I can register those client ip addresses in a dynamic dns site, and create a firewall policy in the FG to allow connections to the FG from the dyndns registered names, but is there a way to have that information up to date? I mean that the remote ip address can change often and I may need some periodic update or something else on the fortigate side to know the last ip linked to the dyndns name. Can it be done in an easy way? How often is " refreshed" the cache from a FQDN stored in the fortigate firewall addresses? It would be great to allow vpn ssl connections without leaving open service to more than the necessary ip addresses. I' m running v4.0 mr2 patch 7 right now on a FG100A. Thanks in advance Sorry about my bad English.

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    Carl_Wallmark
    New Member
    August 29, 2011
    Hi Rsanso, and welcome to the forums, You can use an " address" and set this to FQDN, and enter the address. Then you can configure a " cache-ttl" in the CLI: config firewall address edit <nr of your address" set cache-ttl <a number> end the cache will update itself when this ttl is reached.
    Contributor
    August 30, 2011
    Great! I guess that' s what I was looking for. Thanks!