

Will Network Translation Address NAT be applied if Authentication is required, firewall policies also determine answers to these questions.Īfter processing is finished FortiGate forwards the packet towards its destination. Those scans could block the traffic if for example it contains the virus otherwise the traffic is allowed. Firewall policies define which traffic matches them and what FortiGate does when traffic does match, should the traffic be allowed? Initially FortiGate basis this decision on simple criteria, such as the source of the traffic then if the policy doesn’t block the traffic FortiGate begins a more computational security profile inspection often known as Unified Threat Management (UTM), such as Antivirus, Application Control and Web Filtering if you have chosen it in the policy.
