Question 400
At Timberline Foods, the network operations team administers FortiGate-based protection for food distribution centers and warehouse WAN connections under requirements for reliable branch traffic and controlled management changes. Following the approved change, the team must validate: A Windows workstation changes its IP address but FortiGate continues to authorize the previous IP-to-user FSSO binding. Which observed outcome BEST demonstrates that the intended correction works?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The new workstation address is correctly associated with the current user and the old address no longer inherits the stale user privileges. This outcome validates the intended correction for: A Windows workstation changes its IP address but FortiGate continues to authorize the previous IP-to-user FSSO binding. The associated approved corrective action is: Enable supported workstation address verification or mapping refresh and ensure DHCP and event information reflect the current client address. The Timberline Foods reviewer can therefore distinguish observable protection from an untested configuration claim.
Incorrect Answers
A permitted administrator completes the second-factor challenge and a password-only attempt is denied without locking out the recovery process. This would verify a separate corrective action: Enable supported FortiToken or an approved MFA-backed authentication method for the administrative identities and protect recovery access. That separate change addresses: Privileged firewall administrators authenticate with passwords only even though organizational policy requires a second factor. It does not validate the current Timberline Foods issue: A Windows workstation changes its IP address but FortiGate continues to authorize the previous IP-to-user FSSO binding. The relevant acceptance evidence is: The new workstation address is correctly associated with the current user and the old address no longer inherits the stale user privileges.
A partner test to the public destination is translated to the intended internal server and is logged under the matching policy. This would verify a separate corrective action: Create a FortiGate virtual IP object for the designated public-to-private translation and include it in the correct inbound policy. That separate change addresses: An external partner reaches the FortiGate public interface but its approved private server is never contacted because no VIP maps the destination. It does not validate the current Timberline Foods issue: A Windows workstation changes its IP address but FortiGate continues to authorize the previous IP-to-user FSSO binding. The relevant acceptance evidence is: The new workstation address is correctly associated with the current user and the old address no longer inherits the stale user privileges.
The approved SaaS session matches the intended service-specific policy and unrelated internet traffic remains denied. This would verify a separate corrective action: Evaluate supported FortiGate internet service definitions or appropriate application-aware controls for the documented SaaS traffic. That separate change addresses: An organization permits a SaaS application using a static public IP list that changes frequently, causing intermittent failures and broad compensating rules. It does not validate the current Timberline Foods issue: A Windows workstation changes its IP address but FortiGate continues to authorize the previous IP-to-user FSSO binding. The relevant acceptance evidence is: The new workstation address is correctly associated with the current user and the old address no longer inherits the stale user privileges.