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Fortinet FortiGate Review

Controlling and tracing with web console works nicely for windows systems, but for Linux, only IP can be obtained.

Valuable Features:

Policy control
Web filtering
Application filter works smoothly.
Controlling and tracing with web console works nicely for windows systems.
Better QoS than Checkpoint, I believe.

Improvements to My Organization:

Previously, my organization had the Checkpoint firewall solution, which has been replaced by the Fortinet Fortigate solution, which is cost effective and more manageable from a beginner's perspective.

Fine QoS and Web based filtering solution is a plus.

Room for Improvement:

Maybe Linux system monitoring can be improved by the developers of the product.
Although it has policy control and web filtering, these could be better.
Application filter needs more control options.
IP tracing works only so-so.
Controlling and tracing with web console for Linux only obtains IP addresses.

Which version of this solution are you currently using?

100D and 300D

**Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: My company provides tech services that include this product.

Last updated: Sep 23 2015

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Highlights

Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network.

Anti-Spam web content filterinG.

We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days.

We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature.

I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good.

We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites.

The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature.

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