What this book covers

Chapter 1, First Steps, introduces the basic administrative tools of a FortiGate administrator (web-based manager and CLI). After a quick overview of the fundamental steps we have to take for a FortiGate unit to be operational, the text explains essential concepts and procedures related to VLANs and routing.

Chapter 2, Filters, Policies, and Endpoint Security, explains UTM as the main topic of this chapter, as UTM includes a large part of the services we use on a FortiGate unit. The chapter will talk about security profiles, web filters, antivirus, anti-spam, and endpoint security.

Chapter 3, VPNs and Tunnelling, is dedicated to explaining the available kind of VPNs in a FortiGate unit, SSL, and IPSEC. VPNs enable to use inexpensive connections to create a secure channel over insecure networks.

Chapter 4, High Availability, explores the different solutions for high availability (HA) and load balancing available for FortiGate units. The text will talk about link aggregation, clustering, and VDOMs.

Chapter 5, Troubleshooting, examines the previous contents from a troubleshooting point of view. Tools to debug and correct errors related to routing, security policies, VDOMS, VPNs, and HA are explained here.