Fortinet FortiGate v3.0 MR7 - Manual (Page 3)

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FortiOS v3.0 MR7 User Authentication User Guide
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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................ 5
About authentication......................................................................................... 5
User’s view of authentication ........................................................................... 6
Web-based user authentication .................................................................... 6
VPN client-based authentication ................................................................... 6
FortiGate administrator’s view of authentication ........................................... 7
Authentication servers................................................................................... 8
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) authentication .............................................. 9
Peers ............................................................................................................. 9
Users ............................................................................................................. 9
User groups................................................................................................... 9
Authentication timeout................................................................................. 10
Firewall policies ........................................................................................... 10
VPN tunnels ................................................................................................ 10
About this document....................................................................................... 10
Document conventions................................................................................ 10
Typographic conventions...................................................................... 11
FortiGate documentation ................................................................................ 11
Related documentation ................................................................................... 12
FortiManager documentation ...................................................................... 13
FortiClient documentation ........................................................................... 13
FortiMail documentation .............................................................................. 13
FortiAnalyzer documentation ...................................................................... 13
Fortinet Tools and Documentation CD ........................................................ 14
Fortinet Knowledge Center ........................................................................ 14
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation ........................................ 14
Customer service and technical support ...................................................... 14
FortiGate authentication servers.................................................... 15
RADIUS servers ............................................................................................... 15
Configuring the FortiGate unit to use a RADIUS server.............................. 16
LDAP servers ................................................................................................... 19
Configuring the FortiGate unit to use an LDAP server ................................ 21
Using the Query icon ............................................................................ 24
TACACS+ servers ............................................................................................ 24
Configuring the FortiGate unit to use a TACACS+ authentication server ... 25
Directory Service servers ............................................................................... 26
Configuring the FortiGate unit to use a Directory Service server ................ 28