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.
This article gives a useful tip to increase the max request length that can be requested by client workstations when using WAD explicit proxy.
Scope
FortiOS 5.6 and above
Solution
When using the FortiGate as an explicit proxy, some users may encounter websites on which they are unable to use an HTTP POST request, like a file/comment on Facebook for example.
To increase the maximum request length inside the web proxy, configure the following CLI settings:
config web-proxy global
set max-request-length <Integer>
end
By default, max-request-length is 4 kilobytes.
Starting from FortiOS 5.6.11, the default value has been increased to 8 kilobytes.
The value can be configured between 2 kilobytes and 64 kilobytes.
