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Fortigate - Does not use self-signed certificate - 'user'

Information

The web interface does not use the system self-signed certificate. A certificate from a trusted CA allows for secure identification of the appliance to clients.

Solution

From the web based manager go to System->Certificates->Import.

See Also

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.4.0/hardening-your-fortigate/612504/hardening-your-fortigate

Item Details

Audit Name: TNS Fortigate FortiOS Best Practices v2.0.0

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(2)

Plugin: FortiGate

Control ID: f4fde72f29db8633664a32c5b2ea77cc088e2628dd13fe35cc2dddccaa5cce2f

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