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VPN termination: fortigate or router
Hi please I need your help ,
If we have a VPN between 2 branch, where is it recommended to terminate this vpn? on a Fortigate
or a router?
What are the advantages of VPN on a fortigate and what is the added value when terminating on a firewall and not on a router?
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Simply put, and my personal opinion only, terminating a VPN on the FGT is easier to set up, manage and use.
See, routers may change, depending on the access technology; basically, we need them for interfacing (to fiber, WiFi, cable,...). They are not specifically made for security, VPN, application control etc.
With the tunnel definition on the FGT you get a broad support for IPsec standards, easy setup by using address objects for phase2 and the routing, monitoring, (some) logging. As often the FGT is central to a LAN you only need to learn one OS or Web GUI.
