Technical Tip: SSL VPN Monitor shows web connection for users mapped to tunnel mode only portal.

[Rajneesh]

Description	This article describes why there is a web connection for an SSL VPN user even though only tunnel mode is allowed.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	The SSL VPN monitor shows users with active web connections even though the SSL VPN portal only allows for tunnel mode (aka FortiClient) connections.: The above screenshot shows that the user belongs to the ’SAML’ user group and the below screenshot shows that the user group 'SAML' has been mapped to the ‘tunnel-access’ portal. As shown in the following screenshot, the tunnel-access SSL VPN portal has Web Mode toggled off: The SSL VPN monitor shows an active web connection because the user is able to access and authenticate against the web portal. However, after a successful authentication, the portal displays the below warning: 'The SSL-VPN portal has been enabled for tunnel mode use only. FortiClient is required to connect.' Even with web mode disabled in the SSL VPN portal settings, the above landing page is still available after a user authenticates successfully. This is expected behavior, though it is possible to disable SSL VPN web mode entirely in the global settings. The complete functionality of SSL VPN web mode can be disabled in global mode with the following command: config system global set sslvpn-web-mode disable end