Question 890
At Juniper Media, the edge security operations team administers FortiGate-based protection for a global content production and publishing platform under requirements for application visibility and stable internet connectivity. The security reviewer verifies a claimed fix for: A remote-user VPN deployment relies on an unverified legacy tunnel setting while the new FortiGate access design requires a supportable user-authenticated IPsec VPN. Which observed outcome BEST demonstrates that the intended correction works?
Explanation
Correct Answer
An approved FortiClient user authenticates and reaches the designated protected service without relying on unrelated site-to-site or unsupported tunnel assumptions. This outcome validates the intended correction for: A remote-user VPN deployment relies on an unverified legacy tunnel setting while the new FortiGate access design requires a supportable user-authenticated IPsec VPN. The associated approved corrective action is: Choose a supported FortiOS 7.6.0 remote-access IPsec profile with user authentication and documented tunnel interface access policy. The Juniper Media reviewer can therefore distinguish observable protection from an untested configuration claim.
Incorrect Answers
A representative large-file test completes without fragmentation black-holes or sustained retransmission stalls over the VPN. This would verify a separate corrective action: Investigate effective tunnel MTU and supported TCP MSS adjustments or PMTU discovery along the entire route. That separate change addresses: Small packets traverse a FortiGate IPsec VPN but large TCP data transfers stall because encapsulation lowers the path MTU. It does not validate the current Juniper Media issue: A remote-user VPN deployment relies on an unverified legacy tunnel setting while the new FortiGate access design requires a supportable user-authenticated IPsec VPN. The relevant acceptance evidence is: An approved FortiClient user authenticates and reaches the designated protected service without relying on unrelated site-to-site or unsupported tunnel assumptions.
A remote application observes the expected original branch source address and an authorized tunnel session remains bidirectional. This would verify a separate corrective action: Remove unintended SNAT on the VPN policy or use the explicitly documented translated-address design if overlap requires it. That separate change addresses: The FortiGate remote-site IPsec policy unintentionally applies internet source NAT to intersite traffic and breaks remote server identity checks. It does not validate the current Juniper Media issue: A remote-user VPN deployment relies on an unverified legacy tunnel setting while the new FortiGate access design requires a supportable user-authenticated IPsec VPN. The relevant acceptance evidence is: An approved FortiClient user authenticates and reaches the designated protected service without relying on unrelated site-to-site or unsupported tunnel assumptions.
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 Juniper Media issue: A remote-user VPN deployment relies on an unverified legacy tunnel setting while the new FortiGate access design requires a supportable user-authenticated IPsec VPN. The relevant acceptance evidence is: An approved FortiClient user authenticates and reaches the designated protected service without relying on unrelated site-to-site or unsupported tunnel assumptions.