Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 200D
User Identity Management and Single Sign-On

Features & Benefits:

Feature:	Benefit:
FSSO Transparent User Identification	Zero impact for enterprise users.
Integration with LDAP and AD for group membership	Utilizes existing systems for network authorization information, reducing deployment times and streamlining management processes. Integration with existing procedures for user management.
Wide range of user identification methods	Flexible user identification methods for integration with the most diverse of enterprise environments.
Enablement of identity and role-based security	Allows security administrator to give users access to the relevant network and application resources appropriate to their role. while retaining control and minimizing risk.
RADIUS and LDAP User Authentication	Local Authentication database with RADIUS and LDAP interfaces centralizes user management.
Wide Range of Strong Authentication Methods	Strong authentication provided by FortiAuthenticator via hardware tokens, e-mail, SMS, e-mail and digital certificates help to enhance password security and mitigate the risk of password disclosure, replay or brute forcing.
User Self-registration and Password Recovery	Reduces the need for administrator intervention by allowing the user to perform their own registration and resolve their own password issues, which also improves user satisfaction.
Integration with Active Directory and LDAP	Integration with existing directory simplifies deployment, speeds up installation times and reutilizes existing development.
Certificate Management	Streamlined certificate management enables rapid, cost-effective deployment of certificate-based authentication methods such as VPN.
802.1X Authentication	Deliver enterprise port access control to validate users connection to the LAN and Wireless LAN to prevent unauthorized access to the network.

Highlights:

FortiAuthenticator Single Sign-On User Identification Methods

FortiAuthenticator can identify users through a varied range of methods and integrate with third party LDAP or Active Directory systems to apply group or role data to the user and communicate with FortiGate for use in Identity based policies. FortiAuthenticator is completely flexible and can utilize these methods in combination. For example, in a large enterprise, AD polling or FortiAuthenticator SSO Mobility Agent may be chosen as the primary method for transparent authentication with fallback to the portal for non-domain systems or guest users.

Active Directory Polling

User authentication into active directory is detected by regularly polling domain controllers. When a user login is detected, the username, IP and group details are entered into the FortiAuthenticator User Identity Management Database and according to the local policy, can be shared with multiple FortiGate devices.

FortiAuthenticator SSO Mobility Agent

For complicated distributed domain architectures where polling of domain controllers is not feasible or desired, an alternative is the FortiAuthenticator SSO Client. Distributed as part of FortiClient or as a standalone installation for Windows PCs, the client communicates login, IP stack changes (Wired > Wireless, wireless network roaming) and logout events to the FortiAuthenticator, removing the need for polling methods.

FortiAuthenticator Portal and Widgets

For systems which do not support AD polling or where a client is not feasible, FortiAuthenticator provides an explicit authentication portal. This allows the users to manually authenticate to the FortiAuthenticator and subsequently into the network. To minimize the impact of repeated logins required for manual authentication, a set of widgets is provided for embedding into an organization's intranet which automatically logs the users in through the use of browser cookies whenever they access the intranet homepage.

RADIUS Accounting Login

In a network which utilizes RADIUS authentication (e.g. wireless or VPN authentication), RADIUS Accounting can be used as a user identification method. This information is used to trigger user login and to provide IP and group information, removing the need for a second tier of authentication.

Additional Functionality

Strong User Identity with Two-factor Authentication

FortiAuthenticator extends two-factor authentication capability to multiple FortiGate appliances and to third party solutions that support RADIUS or LDAP authentication. User identity information from FortiAuthenticator combined with authentication information from FortiToken ensures that only authorized individuals are granted access to your organization's sensitive information. This additional layer of security greatly reduces the possibility of data leaks while helping companies meet audit requirements associated with government and business privacy regulations. FortiAuthenticator supports the widest range of tokens possible to suit your user requirements. With the physical time based FortiToken-200, FortiToken Mobile (for iOS and Android), e-mail and SMS tokens, FortiAuthenticator has a token options for all users and scenarios. Two-factor authentication can be used to control access to applications such as FortiGate management, SSL and IPSEC VPN, Wireless Captive Portal login and third party, RADIUS compliant networking equipment.

To streamline local user management, FortiAuthenticator includes user self-registration and password recovery features.

Enterprise Certificate Based VPNs

Site-to-site VPNs often provide access direct to the heart of the enterprise network from many remote locations. Often these VPNs are secured simply by a preshared key, which, if compromised, could give access to the whole network. FortiOS support certificate-based VPNs; however, use of certificate secured VPNs has been limited, primarily due to the overhead and complexity introduced by certificate management. FortiAuthenticator removes this overhead involved by streamlining the bulk deployment of certificates for VPN use in a FortiGate environment by cooperating with FortiManager for the configuration and automating the secure certificate delivery via the SCEP protocol.

For client-based certificate VPNs, certificates can be created and stored on the FortiToken300 USB Certificate store. This secure, pin protected certificate store is compatible with FortiClient and can be used to enhance the security of client VPN connections in conjunction with FortiAuthenticator.

Specifications:

  

FortiAuthenticator	200D	400C	1000D	3000D
Hardware
10/100/1000 Interfaces (Copper, RJ-45)	4	4	4	4
SFP Interfaces	0	0	2	2
Local Storage	1 x 1 TB Hard Disk Drive	1 x 1 TB Hard Disk Drive	2x 2 TB Hard Disk Drive	2x 2 TB Hard Disk Drive
Power Supply	Single 480W Auto Ranging (100V–240V)	Single 480W Auto Ranging (100V–240V)	Dual 480W Auto Ranging (100V–240V)	Dual 480W Auto Ranging (100V–240V)
System Performance
Total Users (Local + Remote)	500	2,000	10,000	40,000
FortiTokens	500	2,000	10,000	40,000
RADIUS Clients (NAS Devices)	50	200	1,000	4,000
User Groups	25	50	2,000	4,000
CA Certificates	10	10	50	50
User Certificates	2,500	10,000	50,000	200,000
Dimensions
Height x Width x Length (in)	1.8 x 17.1 x 13.9 in	1.7 x 17.1 x 14.3 in	3.5 x 17.2 x 14.5 in	3.5 x 17.5 x 27.5 in
Height x Width x Length (mm)	45 x 433 x 352 mm	44 x 435 x 364 mm	90 x 438 x 368 mm	89 x 445 x 698 mm
Weight	23 lbs (10.43 kg)	23 lbs (10.43 kg)	30.6 lbs (13.9 kg)	55.3 lbs (25.1 kg)
Environment
Form Factor	Rack Mountable (1RU)	Rack Mountable (1RU)	Rack Mountable (2RU)	Rack Mountable (2RU)
Power Source	100 - 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz	100 - 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz	100 - 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz	100 - 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz
Current (Max)	2.00A /110V, 1A /220V	4A /110V, 2A /220V	5A /110V, 3A /220V	10A /110V, 5A /220V
Power Consumption (Avg)	60W	100 W	133 W	317 W
Heat Dissipation	205 BTU/h	411 BTU/h	546 BTU/h	1082 BTU/h
Operating Temperature	32–104°F (0–40°C)	32–104°F (0–40°C)	32–104°F (0–40°C)	50–95°F (10–35°C)
Storage Temperature	-13–158ºF (-25–70ºC)	-13–158ºF (-25–70ºC)	-40–149°F (-40–65°C)	-40–149°F (-40–65°C)
Humidity	10–90% non-condensing	10–90% non-condensing	5–95% non-condensing	20–80% non-condensing
System
Standards Supported	10/100/1000 Base-TX (GbE), 1000, IP, Telnet, HTTP 1.0/1.1, SSL, RS232, NTP Client (RFC1305), RADIUS (RFC2865), LDAP (RFC4510), x.509 (RFC5280), Certificate Revocation (RFC3280), PKCS#12 Certificate Import, PKCS#10 CSR Import (RFC2986), Online Certificate Status Protocol (RFC 2560), EAP-TLS (RFC2716), Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP)
Management	CLI, Direct Console DB9 CLI, HTTPS
Compliance
Safety	FCC Part 15 Class A, C-Tick, VCCI, CE, UL/cUL, CB	FCC Part 15 Class A, C-Tick, VCCI, CE, UL/cUL, CB	FCC Part 15 Class A, C-Tick, VCCI, CE, BSMI, KC, UL/cUL, CB, GOST	FCC Part 15 Class A, C-Tick, VCCI, CE, BSMI, KC, UL/cUL, CB, GOST

VIRTUAL APPLIANCES	FAC-VM BASE	FAC-VM-100-UG	FAC-VM-1000-UG	FAC-VM-10000-UG	FAC-VM-100000-UG
Capacity
Local Users	100	+100	+1000	+10000	+100000
Remote Users	100	+100	+1000	+10000	+100000
FortiTokens	200	+200	+2000	+20000	+200000
NAS Devices	10	+10	+100	+1000	+10000
User Groups	10	+10	+100	+1000	+10000
CA Certificates	5	+5	+50	+500	+500
User Certificates	100	+100	+1000	+10000	+100000
Virtual Machine
Hypervisors Supported	VMware ESXi / ESX 3.5 / 4.0 / 4.1 / 5.0
Virtual Machine Form Factor	Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
Max Virtual CPUs Supported	Unlimited
Virtual NICs Required (Min/Max)	1 / 4
Virtual Machine Storage Required	60 GB / 2 TB
Virtual Machine Memory Required (Min/Max)	512 MB / 4,096 MB
High Availability Support	Yes

Documentation:

Download the Fortinet FortiAuthenticator Datasheet (PDF).