Question 820
At Cedarfield Hospitality, the infrastructure security team administers FortiGate-based protection for a group of hotels and central reservations systems under requirements for protected guest networks and reliable payment paths. Following the approved change, the team must validate: Three FortiGate sites require direct access to each other for backup traffic, but the deployed hub-only IPsec architecture causes unnecessary transit dependence. Which observed outcome BEST demonstrates that the intended correction works?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Controlled traffic between the designated site pair uses the intended direct tunnel and the other connections retain their documented policy. This outcome validates the intended correction for: Three FortiGate sites require direct access to each other for backup traffic, but the deployed hub-only IPsec architecture causes unnecessary transit dependence. The associated approved corrective action is: Evaluate a meshed or partially meshed IPsec topology with explicit security associations and approved intersite routes. The Cedarfield Hospitality reviewer can therefore distinguish observable protection from an untested configuration claim.
Incorrect Answers
The remote server responds to the actual approved source subnet and the FortiGate records a complete bidirectional tunnel session. This would verify a separate corrective action: Configure bidirectional tunnel and LAN return routing or an explicitly approved NAT design for the protected networks. That separate change addresses: 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. It does not validate the current Cedarfield Hospitality issue: Three FortiGate sites require direct access to each other for backup traffic, but the deployed hub-only IPsec architecture causes unnecessary transit dependence. The relevant acceptance evidence is: Controlled traffic between the designated site pair uses the intended direct tunnel and the other connections retain their documented policy.
A fresh authorized branch-to-branch connection chooses the tunnel route and receives a permitted return path. This would verify a separate corrective action: Add the specific static or supported dynamic route toward the IPsec tunnel interface and preserve routing segmentation. That separate change addresses: An IPsec security association is up yet the FortiGate routing table has no path from the local VLAN to the remote protected prefix. It does not validate the current Cedarfield Hospitality issue: Three FortiGate sites require direct access to each other for backup traffic, but the deployed hub-only IPsec architecture causes unnecessary transit dependence. The relevant acceptance evidence is: Controlled traffic between the designated site pair uses the intended direct tunnel and the other connections retain their documented policy.
The partner reaches its contracted test service but access attempts to a protected unrelated subnet are denied and logged. This would verify a separate corrective action: Review and narrow the wizard-generated route and firewall policy objects to the approved partner prefixes and application ports. That separate change addresses: A FortiGate IPsec wizard created broad default policies for a partner VPN and the partner can reach sensitive networks outside the signed agreement. It does not validate the current Cedarfield Hospitality issue: Three FortiGate sites require direct access to each other for backup traffic, but the deployed hub-only IPsec architecture causes unnecessary transit dependence. The relevant acceptance evidence is: Controlled traffic between the designated site pair uses the intended direct tunnel and the other connections retain their documented policy.