WAN optimization, web caching and memory usage
WAN optimization, web caching and memory usage To accelerate and optimize disk access and to provide better throughput and less latency FortiOS WAN optimization uses provisioned memory to reduce disk...
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Monitoring WAN optimization performance
Monitoring WAN optimization performance Using WAN optimization monitoring, you can confirm that a FortiGate unit is optimizing traffic and view estimates of the amount of bandwidth saved. The WAN...
View ArticleWAN optimization configuration summary
WAN optimization configuration summary This section includes a client-side and a server-side WAN Optimization configuration summary.: Client-side configuration summary WAN optimization profile...
View ArticlePeers and authentication groups
Peers and authentication groups All communication between WAN optimization peers begins with one WAN optimization peer (or client-side FortiGate unit) sending a WAN optimization tunnel request to...
View ArticleCan Greylisting be used in an active-active High availability FortiMail...
Received the below question regarding Greylisting in an Active – Active HA environment. The answer is below as well! Can Greylisting be used in an active/active High availability enviroment (with 2 mx...
View ArticleHow FortiGate units process tunnel requests for peer authentication
How FortiGate units process tunnel requests for peer authentication When a client-side FortiGate unit attempts to start a WAN optimization tunnel with a peer server-side FortiGate unit, the tunnel...
View ArticleSecure tunneling
Secure tunneling You can configure WAN optimization rules to use AES-128bit-CBC SSL to encrypt the traffic in the WAN optimization tunnel. WAN optimization uses FortiASIC acceleration to accelerate SSL...
View ArticleMonitoring WAN optimization peer performance
Monitoring WAN optimization peer performance The WAN optimization peer monitor lists all of the WAN optimization peers that a FortiGate unit can perform WAN optimization with. These include peers...
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WAN Opt Configuration examples
WAN Opt Configuration examples This chapter provides the basic examples to illustrate WAN optimization configurations introduced in the previous chapters. Example Basic manual (peer-to-peer) WAN...
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Example Active-passive WAN optimization
Example Active-passive WAN optimization In active-passive WAN optimization you add an active WAN optimization policy to the client-side FortiGate unit and you add a WAN optimization tunnel policy and a...
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Example Adding secure tunneling to an active-passive WAN optimization...
Example Adding secure tunneling to an active-passive WAN optimization configuration This example shows how to configure two FortiGate units for active-passive WAN optimization with secure tunneling....
View ArticleWeb caching and SSL offloading
Web caching and SSL offloading FortiGate web caching is a form of object caching that accelerates web applications and web servers by reducing bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived latency. Web...
View ArticleTurning on web caching for HTTP and HTTPS traffic
Turning on web caching for HTTP and HTTPS traffic Web caching can be applied to any HTTP or HTTPS traffic by enabling web caching in a security policy that accepts the traffic. This includes IPv4,...
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Turning on web caching for HTTPS traffic
Turning on web caching for HTTPS traffic Web caching can also cache the content of HTTPS traffic on TCP port 443. With HTTPS web caching, the FortiGate unit receives the HTTPS traffic on behalf of the...
View ArticleWeb caching and HA
Web caching and HA You can configure web caching on a FortiGate HA cluster. The recommended best practice HA configuration for web caching is active-passive mode. When the cluster is operating, all web...
View ArticleWeb caching and memory usage
Web caching and memory usage To accelerate and optimize disk access and to provide better throughput and less latency, web caching uses provisioned memory to reduce disk I/O and increase disk I/O...
View ArticleFortiOS 5.4.4 Release Notes
What’s new in FortiOS 5.4.4 For a detailed list of new features and enhancements that have been made in FortiOS 5.4.4, see the What’s New forFortiOS 5.4.4 document available in the Fortinet Document...
View ArticleChanging web cache settings
Changing web cache settings In most cases, the default settings for the WAN optimization web cache are acceptable. However, you may want to change them to improve performance or optimize the cache for...
View ArticleForwarding URLs to forwarding servers and exempting web sites from web caching
Forwarding URLs to forwarding servers and exempting web sites from web caching You can go to Network > Explicit Proxy and use the URL match list to forward URL patterns to forwarding servers and...
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Monitoring Web caching performance
Monitoring Web caching performance The web cache monitor shows the percentage of web cache requests that retrieved content from the cache (hits) and the percentage that did not receive content from the...
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