FortiGate
FortiGate Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose-built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance, including encrypted traffic.
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Description

 

This article shows that sometimes the file size is smaller for encrypted backup configuration than without encryption. 

 

Scope

 

FortiGate.

 

Solution

 

1) Backup the configuration via GUI without encryption:

 

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2) Backup the configuration via GUI with encryption:

 

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3) File size for encrypted is smaller without encryption:

 

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4) To verify that no configuration was lost, the configuration using the encrypted file has been restored.

 

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5) System is rebooting:

 

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6) Backup the configuration via GUI without encryption:

 

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7) As seen below, the backup from step#6 has the same file size as the backup from step#1:

 

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8) For more verification, the encrypted backup has the same file size as the previous encrypted:

 

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