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sramesh1 · 11-26-2025

Description This article describes why traffic may fail even when a Policy-Based Route (PBR) is configured, and a firewall policy is still required for the same traffic to be allowed.Administrators sometimes assume that once PBR is configured to dire...

sramesh1 · 11-25-2025

Description This article explains an issue where application traffic is failing even though there is a Firewall policy in place. Scope FortiGate, FortiOS v6.x/v7.x, Firewall policy configuration, custom service objects. Solution Symptoms: Administrat...

sramesh1 · 10-22-2025

Description This article explains the difference, how they are used, and how to interpret log entries. When working with Web Filtering on FortiGate, administrators may notice that FortiGuard assigns both a Category and a Sub-Category to URLs. Scope F...

sramesh1 · 08-19-2025

Description This article describes when reviewing Forward Traffic logs in FortiGate, administrators may see different action valuessuch as close, reset, or timeout. These do not indicate UTM blocking, but instead describe how the session was terminat...

sramesh1 · 08-12-2025

Description This article explains how FortiGate handles RADIUS Access-Challenge messages between SSL VPN and IPsec VPN, and provides configuration considerations for enabling proper MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) flow. Scope FortiGates configured ...

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Technical Tip: Policy-Based Routing (PBR) in place but traffic is getting dropped as no Firewall policy

Troubleshooting Tip: Application Traffic denied even though there is firewall policy added to allow traffic

Technical Tip: Understanding Category and Sub-Category in FortiGuard Web Rating and Web Filter

Technical Tip: Understanding Action='Close', 'Reset', and 'Timeout' in FortiGate Forward Traffic Logs

Technical Tip: Difference in RADIUS Access-Challenge for Multifactor Authentication handling between SSL VPN and IPsec VPN