Configuring SSL VPN event-logging

Configuring a FortiGate SSL VPN

Cipher Strength

Select one of the following options to determine the level of SSL

 

encryption to use. The web browser on the remote client must be

 

capable of matching the level that you select:

 

• To use any cipher suite, select Any.

 

• To use a 164-bit or greater cipher suite, select High >= 164.

 

• To use a 128-bit or greater cipher suite, select Medium >= 128.

User Authentication

Select one of the following options to bind user groups to

Method

authentication methods:

 

• If the user group contains only local users, select Local.

 

• If the remote clients will be authenticated by an external

 

RADIUS server, select Radius.

 

• If the remote clients will be authenticated by an external LDAP

 

server, select LDAP.

 

• If the user group contains Local, RADIUS, and LDAP users,

 

select Any to enable all of the authentication methods. Local is

 

attempted first, then RADIUS, then LDAP.

Available Groups

Select the name of the user group requiring SSL VPN access, and

 

then select the right-pointing arrow. Do not select more than one

 

user group unless all members of the selected user groups have

 

identical access requirements.

3Select OK.

Note: If you apply a protection profile in a SSL VPN firewall policy, it will only apply to tunnel-mode operations.

4If the user group requires access to another server or network, create the IP destination address (see “To specify the destination IP address” on page 46) and repeat this procedure to create the required firewall policy.

5Create additional IP destination addresses and firewall policies if required for each additional user group.

Configuring SSL VPN event-logging

You can configure the FortiGate unit to log SSL VPN events. For information about how to interpret log messages, see the FortiGate Log Message Reference.

To log SSL VPN events

1Go to Log&Report > Log Config > Log Setting.

2Enable the storage of log messages to one or more of the following locations:

•a FortiAnalyzer unit

•the FortiGate system memory

•a remote computer running a syslog server

Note: If available on your FortiGate unit, you can enable the storage of log messages to a system hard disk. In addition, as an alternative to the options listed above, you may choose to forward log messages to a remote computer running a WebTrends firewall reporting server. For more information about enabling either of these options through CLI commands, see the “log” chapter of the FortiGate CLI Reference.

3If the options are concealed, select the blue arrow beside each option to reveal and configure associated settings.

 

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