Remote-access Guide

fmg remote access

by Cleo Thiel Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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How to disable FMG-access on all external interfaces?

To disable administrative access on the external interface, go to System > Network > Interfaces, edit the external interface and disable HTTPS, PING, HTTP, SSH, and TELNET under Administrative Access I noticed FMG-Access enabled on all external interfaces. Is this something that should be disabled as well?

How do I configure FMG-access and fortitelemetry?

Configure Administrative Access to allow FMG-Access and FortiTelemetry. To configure the interface on the FortiManager, connect to the FortiManager, go to System Settings > Network, select All Interfaces, and edit port 4. Set IP Address/Netmask to an internal IP address (in the example, 192.168.65.30/255.255.255.0).

How to disable remote admin access on external interface?

I am working on disabling remote admin access and following the documentation as follows: To disable administrative access on the external interface, go to System > Network > Interfaces, edit the external interface and disable HTTPS, PING, HTTP, SSH, and TELNET under Administrative Access I noticed FMG-Access enabled on all external interfaces.

How do I configure the FortiGate and fortimanager?

To configure the interface on the root FortiGate, connect to Edge, go to Network > Interfaces, and edit port 16. Configure Administrative Access to allow FMG-Access and FortiTelemetry. To configure the interface on the FortiManager, connect to the FortiManager, go to System Settings > Network, select All Interfaces, and edit port 4.

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What is FMG access?

FMG-Access on the wan interface would be used for something like forticloud or fortimanager if you want to manage the firewall from another device via your public ip address. If you are not using this then disable FMG-Access too. It can always be turned back on later.

How to disable administrative access on external interface?

To disable administrative access on the external interface, go to System > Network > Interfaces, edit the external interface and disable HTTPS, PING, HTTP, SSH, and TELNET under Administrative Access

How to secure a firewall?

If you want to secure the firewall, you must also change the administrator accounts passwords to complex ones and set Trusted hosts to only allow logins to the firewall from certain trusted subnets.

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