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Omar_Fenech
Omar_Fenech
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February 20, 2013
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vpn for iPhone using the fortitoken

  • February 20, 2013
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Hi All, Does anyone know how to connect with the vpn from an iOS device using the fortitoken? Regards, Omar

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    kkkhan_FTNT
    Staff
    kkkhan_FTNT
    Staff
    February 24, 2013
    Hi Omer, Please click the link below, for your query and hopefully it will solve your issue, if not let me know. http://docs.fortinet.com/auth.html Thanks.
    Omar_Fenech
    Omar_FenechAuthor
    New Member
    February 25, 2013
    Hi kkkhan, Thanks for your reply however those documents are about how to use a mobile device to create a token. We are already using the fortitoken to connect from our laptops to the vpn. What we need is to have the same things to connect through the VPN from the iPads. We need the Two-Factor Authentication when connecting from the iPads as well. Omar
    kkkhan_FTNT
    Staff
    kkkhan_FTNT
    Staff
    February 25, 2013
    Hi Omar, You have to download FortiClient App which will support 2-factor authentication using FortiToken. When will popup " Input Token" window then enter your 6-digit Fortinet Token. Thanks
    Omar_Fenech
    Omar_FenechAuthor
    New Member
    February 26, 2013
    Hi kkkhan, Isn' t that application only for internet browising? I need to login remotely to our servers from the iPad. I was able to create an IPsec vpn connection and use the native iOS vpn client however that is not secure enough. I need to have the same 2 level of authentication as for windows by using the fortitoken. Omar
    kkkhan_FTNT
    Staff
    kkkhan_FTNT
    Staff
    February 28, 2013
    Hi Omar, If you want to use native iOS VPN client with FortiToke authentication you just combine your 6-digit FortiToken with your password. See below example. Your password = fortinet Your FortiToket = 567893 After combining your password look like = fortinet567893 Thanks
    Omar_Fenech
    Omar_FenechAuthor
    New Member
    February 28, 2013
    Thanks for your reply. I' m not sure if I understood it correctly. The fortigate will automatically recognize the last part of the password as the fortitoken or the password is ALL pre-configured? If it is all pre-configure than we cannot use it as it will defy the whole point of having a 2 level authentication. Omar
    Jay_Libove
    Jay_Libove
    New Member
    August 14, 2013
    (This is on an iPad Mini with iOS 6) I notice that, with token enabled for a user, I canNOT save the user' s password in the iOS IPsec VPN client profile. If I save a password in the iOS IPsec VPN client profile, then when I try to connect to the VPN, it immediately fails. If I leave the password field blank, then I have the option to enter my (long, complex, un-memorable) password plus the current FortiToken code, and the VPN authenticates successfully. This may be a limitation of the iOS IPsec VPN client, but if FortiNet can do something about it, it would be very desirable - to make an initial authentication failure (as will always happen when the user' s password - with no token extension - is submitted from an iOS IPsec VPN client profile) result in the iOS IPsec VPN client prompting the user - with the user' s password still pre-filled (and obscured by ********) from the saved iOS IPsec VPN client profile, to add the current FortiToken code to the pre-filled password field and re-submit to try authentication again. thanks,
    phil_big
    phil_big
    New Member
    October 6, 2020

    Any updates regarding using Forticlient VPN to connect IPAD IpSEC to VPN?

     

     

    ramirezc
    Staff
    ramirezc
    Staff
    March 24, 2026

    Dear all, 

     

    Kindly note that  VPN-Only free FortiClient has limited functionality compared with the licensed/full FortiClient. The free version is primarily for basic remote access, while many endpoint security and management features are not included. 

     

    Also note that, For the 7.4.x train, the free VPN-only client remains at version 7.4.3; FortiClient 7.4.4 did not introduce a newer free VPN-only agent, and Fortinet directs users to continue using the 7.4.3 free VPN-only client.

     

    https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/6.2.2/administration-guide/269675/feature-comparison-of-forticlient-free-and-paid-versions

     

    https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.4.3/windows-release-notes/503596

     

    https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Remote-IPsec-VPN-with-FortiClient-VPN-in-IOS/ta-p/393603

     

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