Fortinet's advanced VPN solutions meet the performance requirements of organizations of any size, including small businesses, enterprises and service providers. Fortinet's VPN offers secure and cost-effective alternatives to expensive, low-bandwidth dedicated circuits to connect multiple offices across the public Internet. FortiManager™ centralized management appliance provides the ability to manage hundreds of FortiGate systems from a single console. Tightly integrated with Fortinet's other integrated security features such as firewall, antivirus, Web filtering and intrusion prevention, Fortinet provides a highly secure VPN solution which provides greater levels of security than VPN-only security appliances.

Fortinet VPN technology includes: FortiASIC hardware accelerated performance IKE: Pre-shared Key, X.509 Certs, Manual Keys Extensive user authentication, RADIUS, LDAP, Local Database, SecureID, X-Auth support for IPSec Clients IPSec, SSL, L2TP, and PPTP support Complete network-level and content-level inspection Hub-and-spoke configuration support Fully meshed configuration support FIPS 140-2 certification Traffic shaping prioritizes traffic across VPNs

Deployed in parallel with an existing firewall, a FortiGate VPN gateway terminates VPNs from branch offices and extranet partners that require limited access to DMZ servers. With the FortiGate systems integrated security features, the administrator can configure granular security policies to control access to resources on the corporate LAN and DMZ.

Hub-and-Spoke VPN configurations allow multiple remote sites to connect together without having dedicated tunnels to each site. An ideal application for this design is to transport VoIP traffic across the VPN's to reduce long-distance toll charges. Fortinet's traffic shaping features ensures VoIP traffic receives priority even through a VPN tunnel.

Taking advantage of Fortinet's integrated antivirus protection, managed service providers can deliver the industry's most secure VPN service by enabling Fortinet's advanced antivirus engine to block incoming and outgoing VPN traffic that contains viruses, worms, trojans, spyware and other malicious content to prevent virus outbreaks from spreading from office to office. As an added benefit, Fortinet's flexible VPN architecture allows for interoperability with most IPSec VPN gateways. Regardless of the VPN CPE the customer has in place, the FortiGate system deployed at the core will ensure virus-free VPN traffic.

Ideal for roaming users such as a remote salespeople needing secure access to resources on the corporate LAN such as email and intranet resources. Fortinet offers both a secure IPSec client (FortiClient™PC) and clientless SSL VPN for hotspot access in areas where IPSec may be blocked by a firewall. Strong authentication is enforced so users can establish secure VPN sessions.