Introduction - Fortinet Fortigate-5000 series Administration Manual

Introduction

Introduction
FortiGate Version 3.0 MR4 Administration Guide
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Welcome and thank you for selecting Fortinet products for your real-time network
protection.
FortiGate™ ASIC-accelerated multi-threat security systems improve network
security, reduce network misuse and abuse, and help you use communications
resources more efficiently without compromising the performance of your
network. FortiGate Systems are ICSA-certified for Antivirus, Firewall, IPSec,
SSL-TLS, IPS, Intrusion detection, and AntiSpyware services.
FortiGate Systems are dedicated, easily managed security device that delivers a
full suite of capabilities including:
• Application-level services such as virus protection, intrusion protection, spam
filtering, web content filtering, IM, P2P, and VoIP filtering
• Network-level services such as firewall, intrusion detection, IPSec and SSL
VPN, and traffic shaping
• Management services such as user authentication, logging, reporting with
FortiAnalyzer, administration profiles, secure web and CLI administrative
access, and SNMP
The FortiGate security system uses Fortinet's Dynamic Threat Prevention System
(DTPS™) technology, which leverages breakthroughs in chip design, networking,
security and content analysis. The unique ASIC-accelerated architecture analyzes
content and behavior in real-time, enabling key applications to be deployed right
at the network edge where they are most effective at protecting your networks.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Introducing the FortiGate units
• Fortinet family of products
• About this document
• FortiGate documentation
• Customer service and technical support
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