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August 23, 2022
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SSL VPN with Smartcard

  • August 23, 2022
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Hi,

 

I want to configure a SSL VPN with a Smartcard authentication.

Is this possible?

 

Fortigate Version:     6.4.8 build1914 

FortiClient version:   6.4.6.1658

 

Regards

Chris

 

 

3 replies

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Staff
Staff
August 25, 2022

Hello,

 

 

2-factor authentication is possible with Fortinet mobile or hardware tokens.

Refer to https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.0.6/administration-guide/323465/fortitokens for the start.

 

 

Regards

pminarik
Staff
Staff
August 25, 2022

Client-certificate-based authentication is definitely supported, even when the certificates are stored on a smartcard. I handled a handful of support tickets in the past where customers were using this.

 

With that said, be aware that weird edgecases do exist and can cause compatibility issues, so please make sure to perform some tests of your chosen smartcard + PC + FortiClient + FortiGate before you commit to it.

doncacciatoconsuting
Explorer II
July 25, 2024

@pminarik - Interesting...Do you have any implementation documentation for this ?

pminarik
Staff
Staff
August 2, 2024

There's heaps of documents for client-certificate-based SSL-VPN authentication, in various states of up-to-date-ness. Try this for example - https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.4.4/administration-guide/266506/ssl-vpn-with-certificate-authentication

doncacciatoconsuting
Explorer II
August 2, 2024

Thanks all, I'm on the right track.