Fortinet FortiAuthenticator Reviews

Standards-based secure authentication

FortiAuthenticator centralizes the management and storage of user identity information, thereby increasing the efficiency of administration and increasing the control over who accesses the network.

• Two-factor authentication using tokens

1- OATH-compatible time-based tokens (Hardware tokens FortiToken200/FortiToken220)
2- USB certificate-based tokens FortiToken-300)
3- FortiToken Mobile for Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile
4- SMS and email tokens

• Wired/Wireless authentication using the 802. 1X standard
• Certificate management
• Captive portal guest management
• Fortinet Single Sign-On

Central management of user Identities and access

FortiAuthenticator extends two-factor authentication to multiple FortiGate appliances and to third-party solutions that support RADIUS or LDAP authentication

FortiAuthenticator can create, sign, and revoke X.509 certificates.

FortiAuthenticator can sign user certificate signing requests (CSRs) and distribute certificate revocation lists (CRLs) and CA certificates.

FortiAuthenticator verifies the identity of the external LDAP server by using a trusted CA certificate

FortiAuthenticator has expanded the capabilities of captive portal from credential authentication to include social WiFi authentication and MAC address authentication.

Social WiFi authentication allows FortiAuthenticator to utilize third-party user identity methods to authenticate users into a wireless guest network. Supported authentication methods include:Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter which include SMS- and email-based authentication

Fortinet Single Sign-on (FSSO) enables FortiAuthenticator to leverage the existing network authentication systems for firewall authentication. (Windows Active Directory (AD) or Novell eDirectory)

1- Integration with different vendor firewalls (I tested only with Cisco using Cisco ASDM 6.3 (5) but i am not sure if it works with other vendor solutions)

2- A lot of configurations are available only from CLI

3- Documentation/videos for different implementation scenarios

1 year

It is very stable.

VM platfroms are scalable based on the business needs.

10/10

9/10

We used FortiGate to manage tokens and user identities but FortiAuthenticater includes more features.

All Fortinet solutions are easy to implement.

We primarily use the solution to get users.

The solution's most valuable aspect is that it easy to install. The user experience is very good.

I've only been using the solution for one month, so I haven't come across any glaring issues so far.

The hardware aspect of the solution could be improved. We are not really able to understand the hardware capabilities of the device.

The solution is quite stable. They also send out upgrades quite often.

Technical support is okay. There are some people that are quite experienced while others are less so. However, they always give me an answer. If you don't have local support at the regional level you may have to rely on Google a bit. In my experience, however, it's been fine. They are very quick.

I've previously used WatchGuard. Fortinet is better for what is there, even though their prices are quite similar.

The pricing is okay. It could always be less expensive, however.

We use the on-premises deployment model.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. We have to compromise between price and functionality. If we had the money, we'd probably go with Palo Alto. However, it's much more expensive. 

We primarily use the solution for FortiToken multi-factor authentication and as a VPN for login devices, among other cases.

The solution is easy to learn and makes it easy for our users to add FortiToken. It's very easy to integrate if you have other Fortinet devices. 

We have issues with HA (high availability). These should be addressed in future releases.

The solution is very stable. I'd say it's about 97% stable. We haven't experienced any crashes or anything of that nature.

We haven't really tested scalability that much. We have about 200 users and we don't plan to increase usage any time soon.

Technical support used to be much better. Fortinet seems to be downgrading, so everything takes longer to get a response in comparison to the past. When you make a ticket it may take as much as three days before it gets assigned.

The initial setup was very easy.

We handled the implementation ourselves.

The cost is okay. It's moderate to inexpensive.

We use the on-premises deployment model. We're both customers and partners with Fortinet.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.