System config
Options
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Figure 29: System config options
To set the system idle timeout
1
Go to
System > Config > Options
.
2
For Idle Timeout, type a number in minutes.
3
Select Apply.
To set the Auth timeout
1
Go to
System > Config > Options
.
2
For Auth Timeout, type a number in minutes.
3
Select Apply.
Idle Timeout
Set the idle time out to control the amount of inactive time before the
administrator must log in again. The maximum
admintimeout
is 480
minutes (8 hours). To improve security keep the idle timeout at the default
value of 5 minutes.
Auth Timeout
Set the firewall user authentication timeout to control how long an
authenticated connection can be idle before the user must authenticate
again. The maximum
authtimeout
is 480 minutes (8 hours). The
default Auth Timeout is 15 minutes.
For more information, see
“Setting authentication timeout” on page 238
.
Language
Select a language for the web-based manager to use. Choose from
English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or French.
LCD Panel
Select the PIN Protection check box and type a 6-digit PIN.
Administrators must enter the PIN to use the control buttons and LCD.
See
“To set PIN protection for the LCD panel” on page 84
.
Detection Interval
Set the dead gateway detection failover interval. Enter a number in
seconds to specify how often the FortiGate unit pings the target.
Fail-over Detection
Set the ping server dead gateway detection failover number. Enter the
number of times that ping fails before the FortiGate unit assumes that the
gateway is no longer functioning.
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