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Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 Technical Note

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Configuring FSAE on FortiGate units

Using FSAE on your network

Configuring FSAE on FortiGate units

To configure your FortiGate unit to operate with FSAE, you 

specify the Windows AD servers that contains the FSAE collector agents

add Active Directory user groups to new or existing FortiGate user groups

create firewall policies for Windows AD Server groups

optionally, specify a guest protection profile to allow guest access

Specifying your collector agents

You need to configure the FortiGate unit to access at least one FSAE collector 
agent. You can specify up to five Windows AD servers on which you have installed 
a collector agent. The FortiGate unit accesses these servers in the order that they 
appear in the list. If a server becomes unavailable, the unit accesses the next one 
in the list.

To specify collector agents 

1

Go to 

User > Windows AD

 and select Create New.

2

Enter the following information and select OK:

Name

Enter a name for the Windows AD server. This name appears in the list 
of Windows AD servers when you create user groups.

FSAE Collector IP

Enter the following information for up to five collector agents.

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the Windows AD server where this collector 
agent is installed.

Port

Enter the TCP port used for Windows AD. This must be the same as 
the FortiGate listening port specified in the FSAE collector agent 
configuration. See 

“Configuring FSAE on Windows AD” on page 8

.

Password

Enter the password for the collector agent. This is required only if you 
configured your FSAE collector agent to require authenticated access. 
See 

“Configuring FSAE on Windows AD” on page 8

.

Summary of Contents for Fortinet 1.5

Page 1: ...www fortinet com Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1 5 T E C H N I C A L N O T E...

Page 2: ...Trademarks Dynamic Threat Prevention System DTPS APSecure FortiASIC FortiBIOS FortiBridge FortiClient FortiGate FortiGate Unified Threat Management System FortiGuard FortiGuard Antispam FortiGuard Ant...

Page 3: ...Ignore List 11 Configuring FortiGate group filters 11 To view the FortiGate Filter List 12 To configure a FortiGate group filter 12 Configuring TCP ports 13 Configuring FSAE on FortiGate units 14 Spe...

Page 4: ...Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1 5 Technical Note 4 01 30005 0373 20071001 Contents...

Page 5: ...the FortiGate unit so that users automatically get access to permitted resources FortiGate units control access to resources based on user groups Through FSAE the Windows Active Directory AD groups ar...

Page 6: ...t by the FSAE agent on the domain controller and if authentication is successful the information is then sent via the collector agent to the FortiGate unit Figure 2 NTLM FSAE implementation In Figure...

Page 7: ...tor privileges and a password that does not expire Installing FSAE To install FSAE you must obtain the FortiClient Setup file from the Fortinet Support web site Perform the following installation proc...

Page 8: ...e able to authenticate to FortiGate units using FSAE You can also do this later See Configuring FSAE on Windows AD on page 8 15 Select Next 16 Optionally clear the check boxes of domain controllers on...

Page 9: ...Professional Configuring Windows AD server user groups FortiGate units control access at the group level All members of a group have the same network access as defined in FortiGate firewall policies Y...

Page 10: ...st Exclude users such as system accounts that do not authenticate to any FortiGate unit See Configuring the Global Ignore List on page 11 FortiGate Group Filter Configure group filtering for each Fort...

Page 11: ...nada Timers Workstation verify interval Enter the interval in minutes at which FSAE checks whether the user is still logged in The default is every 5 minutes If ports 139 or 445 cannot be opened on yo...

Page 12: ...te If no filter is defined for a FortiGate unit and there is no default filter the collector agent sends all Windows AD group and user logon events to the FortiGate unit While this normally is not a p...

Page 13: ...rs on page 11 in the Configuring collector agent settings section Default Select to create the default filter The default filter applies to any FortiGate unit that does not have a specific filter defi...

Page 14: ...sses these servers in the order that they appear in the list If a server becomes unavailable the unit accesses the next one in the list To specify collector agents 1 Go to User Windows AD and select C...

Page 15: ...hould be belong to only one FortiGate user group If you assign it to multiple FortiGate user groups the FortiGate unit recognizes only the last user group assignment To create a user group for FSAE au...

Page 16: ...ting firewall policies Policies that require FSAE authentication are very similar to other firewall policies Currently only one single authentication firewall policy can be configured if the source in...

Page 17: ...ortiGate unit 2 Try to connect to the resource that is protected by the firewall policy requiring authentication via FSAE You should be able to connect to the resource without being asked for username...

Page 18: ...oded with the client password it may contain the challenge nonce twice using different algorithms 6 The FortiGate unit checks with the FSAE client over port 8000 to see if the authentication hash matc...

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