Using FSAE on your network

Configuring FSAE on Windows AD

Password

Enter the password that FortiGate units must use to

 

authenticate. The maximum password length is 16

 

characters. The default password is “fortinetcanada”.

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 your

 

network, set the interval to 0 to disable the check.

 

See “Configuring TCP ports” on page 13.

Dead entry timeout interval

Enter the interval in minutes after which FSAE purges

 

information for user logons that it cannot verify. The

 

default is 480 minutes (8 hours).

 

Dead entries usually occur because the computer is

 

unreachable (in standby mode or disconnected, for

 

example) but the user has not logged off.

 

You can also disable dead entry checking by setting

 

the interval to 0.

IP address change verify

FSAE periodically checks the IP addresses of logged-

interval

in users and updates the FortiGate unit when user IP

 

addresses change. This does not apply to users

 

authenticated through NTLM. Enter the verification

 

interval in seconds. IP address verification prevents

 

users from being locked out if they change IP

 

addresses. You can enter 0 to disable the IP address

 

check if you use static IP addresses.

Save & Close

Save the modified settings and exit.

Apply

Apply changes now.

Default

Change all settings to the default values.

Help

View the online Help.

Note: To view the version and build number information for your FSAE configuration, click the Fortinet icon in the upper left corner of the Fortinet Collector Agent Configuration screen and select “About FSAE configuration”.

Configuring the Global Ignore List

The Global Ignore List excludes users such as system accounts that do not authenticate to any FortiGate unit. The logons of these users are not reported to FortiGate units.

To configure the Global Ignore List

1From the Start menu select Programs > Fortinet >

Fortinet Server Authentication Extension > Configure FSAE.

2Select Global Ignore List.

3Expand each domain and select the users to ignore.

4Select Save.

Configuring FortiGate group filters

FortiGate filters control the user logon information sent to each FortiGate unit. You need to configure the list so that each FortiGate unit receives user logon information for the user groups that are named in its firewall policies.

The filter list is initially empty. You need to configure filters for your FortiGate units using the Add function. At minimum, you can create a default filter that applies to all FortiGate units that do not have a specific filter defined for them.

Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 Technical Note

 

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Fortinet FSAE Configuring the Global Ignore List, Configuring FortiGate group filters, To configure the Global Ignore List