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    www.fortinet.com For tinet Ser v er Authentication Extension V e rsion 1 .5 TECHNICAL NOTE[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Extension T echnical Note V er sio n 1. 5 01 October 2007 01-30005-03 73-20071001 © Copyright 2007 Fortine t, Inc. All rights reser v ed. No part of this publication inclu ding text, examples, diagrams or illustrations may be re produced, transmitted, or translate d in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical[...]

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    Contents Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 01-30005-0373-20071 001 3 Contents Using FSAE on your networ k................................................ ............ 5 FSAE overview ...................... ................... ................... .................... ................ ... 5 Installing FSAE on your n[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 4 01-30005-0373-200710 01 Contents[...]

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    Using FSAE on your network FSAE overview Fortinet Server Authentication Exte nsion V ersion 1.5 T echn ical Note 01-30005-0373-2007100 1 5 Using FSAE on your network The Fortinet Server Authentication Extension (FSAE) provides seamless authentication of Microsof t Windows Ac tive Directory users on FortiG ate units. This chapter de scribes how to i[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 6 01-30005-0373-200710 01 FSAE overview Using FSAE on your network Figure 1: FSAE with DC agent In Figure 1 , the Client User logs on to th e Windows domain, information is forwarded to the FSAE Collector agent by the FSAE agent on the domain controller , and if authentication is[...]

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    Using FSAE on your network Installing FSAE on your network Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 01-30005-0373-20071 001 7 Inst alling FSAE on your network FSAE has two components that you must install on your network: • The domain controller (DC) agent, wh ich must be installed on every domain controller • The co[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 8 01-30005-0373-200710 01 Configuring FSAE on Windows AD Using FSAE on your network 9 Select Next and then select Install. 10 When the FSAE InstallShield Wiza rd completes, ensure that Launch DC Agent Install Wizard is enabled an d se lec t Fin ish. The FSAE - Install DC Agent wi[...]

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    Using FSAE on your network Configuring FSAE on Windows AD Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 01-30005-0373-20071 001 9 FSAE sends information about Windows user logons to FortiGate units. If there are many users on your Windows AD doma ins, the large amount of information might affect th e performance of the FortiG[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 10 01-30005-0373-200710 01 Configuring FSAE on Windows AD Using FSAE on your network T o configure the FSAE collec tor agent 1 From the S tart menu select Programs > Fo rtinet > Fortinet Server Authentication Extension > Configure FSAE . 2 Enter the following information[...]

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    Using FSAE on your network Configuring FSAE on Windows AD Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 01-30005-0373-20071 001 11 Configuring the Global Ignore List The Global Ignore List excludes users such as syste m accounts that do not authenticate to any FortiGate unit. The logons of these us ers are not repo rted to Fo[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 12 01-30005-0373-200710 01 Configuring FSAE on Windows AD Using FSAE on your network T o view the FortiGate Filter List 1 From the S tart menu select Programs > Fo rtinet > Fortinet Server Authentication Extension > Configure FSAE . 2 Select FortiGate Group Filter . The [...]

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    Using FSAE on your network Configuring FSAE on Windows AD Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 01-30005-0373-20071 001 13 4 Enter the following informat ion and then select OK. Configuring TCP ports Windows AD records when users log on but not when they log of f. For best performance, FSAE monitors when users log off[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 14 01-30005-0373-200710 01 Configuring FSAE on FortiGate un its Using FSAE on your network Configuring FSAE on FortiGate unit s T o configure your FortiGate un it to operate with FSAE, you • specify the Windows AD servers that contains the FSAE collector agents • add Active D[...]

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    Using FSAE on your network Conf iguring FSAE on FortiGate units Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 01-30005-0373-20071 001 15 Viewing information importe d from the Windows AD server Y ou can view the domain and group informat ion that the FortiGate unit re ceives from the AD Ser v er . Go to User > Windows AD .[...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 16 01-30005-0373-200710 01 Configuring FSAE on FortiGate un its Using FSAE on your network Figure 4: New User Gro up dialog box 3 In the Name box, enter a na me for the group, Developers, for example. 4 From the T ype list, select Active Directory . 5 From the Pr otection Profile[...]

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    Using FSAE on your network T e sting the configurati on Fortinet Server Authentication Extension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 01-30005-0373-20071 001 17 Allowing guests to access FSAE policies Optionally , you can allow guest u sers to ac cess FSAE firewall policies. Guests are users unknown to the Windows AD network and servers th at do not log on [...]

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    Fortinet Server Authentication Ex tension Version 1.5 T echnical Note 18 01-30005-0373-200710 01 NTLM authentication Using FSAE on your network 3 The client connects again, and issues a GET -request, with a Proxy-Authorization: NTLM <negotiate string> header . <negotiate-string> is a base64-encoded NTLM T ype 1 negotiation packet. 4 The[...]

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