Question 810
At Riverton Utilities, the operational network security team administers FortiGate-based protection for distributed field operations and private monitoring systems under requirements for limited administrative access and auditable controls. An independent validation is requested for: A remote branch has no inbound service response after an IPsec connection because its internal LAN lacks a route back to the original client prefix. Which observed outcome BEST demonstrates that the intended correction works?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The remote server responds to the actual approved source subnet and the FortiGate records a complete bidirectional tunnel session. This outcome validates the intended correction for: A remote branch has no inbound service response after an IPsec connection because its internal LAN lacks a route back to the original client prefix. The associated approved corrective action is: Configure bidirectional tunnel and LAN return routing or an explicitly approved NAT design for the protected networks. The Riverton Utilities reviewer can therefore distinguish observable protection from an untested configuration claim.
Incorrect Answers
A controlled IKE negotiation succeeds and both gateways report a healthy Phase 1 security association. This would verify a separate corrective action: Align IKE version and supported encryption, integrity and key exchange proposals on both authorized IPsec peers. That separate change addresses: Two FortiGate peers fail to establish an IPsec tunnel because one uses incompatible IKE versions and Phase 1 proposals. It does not validate the current Riverton Utilities issue: A remote branch has no inbound service response after an IPsec connection because its internal LAN lacks a route back to the original client prefix. The relevant acceptance evidence is: The remote server responds to the actual approved source subnet and the FortiGate records a complete bidirectional tunnel session.
A permitted named user authenticates and receives its scoped policy while a separate identity lacking approval is denied. This would verify a separate corrective action: Require supported per-user or certificate-based IPsec authentication in addition to appropriate gateway peer validation. That separate change addresses: A user-based remote-access IPsec deployment allows an unidentified device after shared preshared-secret use, despite a requirement for individual authentication. It does not validate the current Riverton Utilities issue: A remote branch has no inbound service response after an IPsec connection because its internal LAN lacks a route back to the original client prefix. The relevant acceptance evidence is: The remote server responds to the actual approved source subnet and the FortiGate records a complete bidirectional tunnel session.
An authorized FortiClient test user obtains the intended remote-access session and reaches only the permitted internal service. This would verify a separate corrective action: Configure the supported FortiGate remote-access IPsec authentication and address-assignment method with the relevant user group and access policy. That separate change addresses: Remote employee devices must use a managed FortiClient IPsec remote-access connection, but the gateway has only a site-to-site peer policy. It does not validate the current Riverton Utilities issue: A remote branch has no inbound service response after an IPsec connection because its internal LAN lacks a route back to the original client prefix. The relevant acceptance evidence is: The remote server responds to the actual approved source subnet and the FortiGate records a complete bidirectional tunnel session.