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Purpose This article explains why multicast packets can not pass through the FortiGate unit, when a static route was configured to use a VRRP, HSRP or GLBP address to reach a PIM sparse-mode neighbor. ScopeDiagram Expectations, Requirements FortiGate...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to depict why the FortiGate answers to traceroute on the VIP addresses, while such traffic is not allowed by the firewall policies. Scope Firewall VIP, and traceroute DiagramExpectations, Requirements Some secur...

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to expose a solution to use Policy Based Routing (PbR) on traffic managed by the web-proxy of the FortiGate.When you enable explicit proxy of the FortiGate, the concerned traffic is "proxied" on the FortiGate. Th...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to explain how to backup the FortiGate Configuration with Kiwi CatTools, starting with FortiOS 4.0 MR3 Patch11 (4.2.11) and FortiOS 4.0 MR3 Patch4 (4.3.4). Scope Starting from FortiOS 4.0 MR2 Patch11 (4.2.11) an...

Purpose Configure the FortiGate to synchronize its clock to a different time server, and secure the NTP update using MD5 authentication.NTP protocol:NTP stands for Network Time Protocol. It is used to synchronize the time of a computer to reference N...