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Ylli_Seitaj
Staff
Staff
Article Id 275659
Description This article describes how to allow access to an FTP desktop application when FTP is enabled in the Antivirus Profile.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution

When an FTP is enabled in the Antivirus Profile as below and also below the Firewall Policy on 'Proxy-based' inspection mode, the FTP desktop application is not accessible.

 

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The solution for this problem is to change the inspection mode on Firewall Policy from 'Proxy-based', to 'Flow-based', as below.

After this change, it will be possible to access the FTP desktop application.

 

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