Getting Started with FortiGate (Paperback)

This book will take you from complete novice to expert user in simple, progressive steps. It covers all the concepts you need to administer a FortiGate unit with lots of examples and clear explanations.

Overview

• Learn about FortiGate and FortiOS 5 starting from the ground up, with no previous knowledge of Fortinet products
• Understand and deliver Routing, VLANs, NAT, and high availability solutions using FortiGate units
• Design and deploy security policies, content filters, and endpoint security using UTM features inside a FortiGate unit

In Detail

FortiGate from Fortinet is a highly successful family of appliances enabled to manage routing and security on different layers, supporting dynamic protocols, IPSEC and VPN with SSL, application and user control, web contents and mail scanning, endpoint checks, and more, all in a single platform. The heart of the appliance is the FortiOS (FortiOS 5 is the latest release) which is able to unify a friendly web interface with a powerful command line to deliver high performance. FortiGate is able to give users the results they usually achieve at a fraction of the cost of what they would have to invest with other vendors.

This practical, hands-on guide addresses all the tasks required to configure and manage a FortiGate unit in a logical order. The book starts with topics related to VLAN and routing (static and advanced) and then discusses in full the UTM features integrated in the appliance. The text explains SSL VPN and IPSEC VPN with all the required steps you need to deploy the aforementioned solutions. High availability and troubleshooting techniques are also explained in the last two chapters of the book.

This concise, example-oriented book explores all the concepts you need to administer a FortiGate unit. You will begin by covering the basic tools required to administer a FortiGate unit, including NAT, routing, and VLANs. You will then be guided through the concepts of firewalling, UTM inside the appliance, tunnelling using SSL, and IPSEC and dial-up configurations. Next, you will get acquainted with important topics like high availability and Vdoms. Finally, you will end the book with an overview of troubleshooting tools and techniques.

What you will learn from this book

• Configure static and dynamic routing in a FortiGate unit
• Filter spam, viruses, and illegitimate Internet activities using the UTM features of FortiGate
• Enforce compliance and block threats using IPS and endpoint controls
• Design tunnels with SSL and IPSEC to extend your network in a secure manner
• Use high availability solutions including link aggregation, clustering, and virtual domains
• Identify the main features and uses of the Forticlient software
• Troubleshoot issues related to the aforementioned features

Approach

This book is a step-by-step tutorial that will teach you everything you need to know about the deployment and management of FortiGate, including high availability, complex routing, various kinds of VPN working, user authentication, security rules and controls on applications, and mail and Internet access.

這本書將以簡單、漸進的步驟，從完全的新手帶領您成為熟練的FortiGate使用者。它涵蓋了您需要了解的所有概念，並提供了大量的示例和清晰的解釋。

概述：
- 從零開始學習FortiGate和FortiOS 5，無需任何Fortinet產品的先備知識。
- 使用FortiGate單元進行路由、VLAN、NAT和高可用性解決方案。
- 在FortiGate單元內設計和部署安全策略、內容過濾器和端點安全，使用UTM功能。

詳細內容：
FortiGate是Fortinet家族的一系列高度成功的設備，能夠在不同層面上管理路由和安全，支持動態協議、IPSEC和SSL VPN、應用和用戶控制、網頁內容和郵件掃描、端點檢查等，全部在一個平台上。該設備的核心是FortiOS（FortiOS 5是最新版本），它能夠將友好的網頁界面與強大的命令行結合起來，提供高性能。FortiGate能夠以其他供應商所需投資的一小部分成本，為用戶提供他們通常能夠實現的結果。

這本實用的實戰指南按照邏輯順序介紹了配置和管理FortiGate單元所需的所有任務。書籍從與VLAN和路由（靜態和高級）相關的主題開始，然後全面討論了設備中集成的UTM功能。本書解釋了SSL VPN和IPSEC VPN，並提供了部署這些解決方案所需的所有步驟。高可用性和故障排除技術也在書籍的最後兩章中進行了解釋。

這本簡潔、以示例為導向的書籍探索了您需要了解的所有管理FortiGate單元的概念。您將首先學習管理FortiGate單元所需的基本工具，包括NAT、路由和VLAN。然後，您將逐步了解防火牆、設備內的UTM、使用SSL的隧道和IPSEC和撥號配置等重要主題。接下來，您將熟悉高可用性和虛擬域。最後，您將總結本書，瞭解故障排除工具和技術。

從本書中您將學到：
- 在FortiGate單元中配置靜態和動態路由。
- 使用FortiGate的UTM功能過濾垃圾郵件、病毒和非法網絡活動。
- 使用IPS和端點控制執行合規性和阻止威脅。
- 使用SSL和IPSEC設計安全的隧道擴展您的網絡。
- 使用鏈路聚合、集群和虛擬域等高可用性解決方案。
- 了解Forticlient軟件的主要功能和用途。
- 解決與上述功能相關的問題。

這本書是一本逐步教學的指南，將教您有關FortiGate的部署和管理的一切，包括高可用性、複雜路由、各種VPN工作、用戶身份驗證、應用程序的安全規則和控制，以及郵件和網絡訪問。