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kcheng
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Staff & Editor
Article Id 287091
Description

This article describes the behavior where for the entry model FortiGates (lower than 100 series), it is not possible to configure a firewall policy in proxy mode with a fresh installation of FortiOS 7.4.0 or above.

Scope FortiGate v7.4.0 and above and all entry-level FortiGate (lower than 100 series).
Solution

In a new installation of FortiOS 7.4.0 and above, one can observe that it is impossible to change the firewall policy from the default flow-based mode to proxy-based inspection:

 

FortiGate-61F # config firewall policy

 

FortiGate-61F (policy) # edit 1
change table entry '1'

 

FortiGate-61F (1) # set in
internet-service Enable/disable use of Internet Services for this policy. If enabled, destination address and service are not used.
internet-service-src Enable/disable use of Internet Services in source for this policy. If enabled, source address is not used.
internet-service6 Enable/disable use of IPv6 Internet Services for this policy. If enabled, destination address and service are not used.
internet-service6-src Enable/disable use of IPv6 Internet Services in source for this policy. If enabled, source address is not used.

FortiGate-61F (1) # end

 

** No option for inspection-mode

 

** This issue does not exist with fresh installation of FortiOS 7.2.6

 

For the v7.4.0 and above, it is possible to see the feature ID 829475 in this document: New features or enhancements.

 

This includes the capability of configuring firewall policy in proxy-inspection mode. To enable the feature, enable the respective with the following command:

 

config system global

    set proxy-and-explicit-proxy enable

    end

Note:

Starting from v7.4.4, Proxy-related features are not supported in FortiGate models with 2GB RAM or less. Refer to the documentation below for more information:
2 GB RAM FortiGate models no longer support FortiOS proxy-related features