Question 750
A FortiOS 7.6 team examines: A partial-mesh VPN rollout must document which branch pairs use direct encryption and which transit a hub. Select TWO complementary choices: the most appropriate corrective action AND the specific evidence confirming success.
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For the observed situation (A partial-mesh VPN rollout must document which branch pairs use direct encryption and which transit a hub), the most specific acceptance evidence is: Controlled inter-branch tests follow only authorized hub or direct tunnel paths and stay isolated where required. It validates the recommended response: Choose a documented hub-and-spoke or partial-mesh IPsec topology according to required spoke-to-spoke access, redundancy and administration scale. This addresses the documented risk: Assuming spoke-to-spoke reachability in a pure hub model without appropriate routes and policies can blackhole traffic.
The reported FortiOS 7.6 condition is: A partial-mesh VPN rollout must document which branch pairs use direct encryption and which transit a hub. The targeted administrative response is: Choose a documented hub-and-spoke or partial-mesh IPsec topology according to required spoke-to-spoke access, redundancy and administration scale. The relevant failure risk is: Assuming spoke-to-spoke reachability in a pure hub model without appropriate routes and policies can blackhole traffic. Validate with: Controlled inter-branch tests follow only authorized hub or direct tunnel paths and stay isolated where required.
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VPN encryption rekey and lifetime compatibility (5.1) addresses another technical failure: Mismatched peer behavior during SA renewal can create periodic outages even when initial tunnel establishment succeeds. The case states: the most appropriate corrective action AND the specific evidence confirming success. The most direct paired action and test is: Controlled inter-branch tests follow only authorized hub or direct tunnel paths and stay isolated where required.
VPN firewall policies and source nat exemptions (5.1) would demonstrate or implement: Protected hosts see approved original source networks and tests show firewall permits only the required services. This case instead tests VPN hub-and-spoke versus partial mesh topology; the choice measures or changes another part of the system.
IPsec peer and routing recovery after failover (5.1) would demonstrate or implement: A healthy replacement firewall can be active while tunnel security associations, NAT or route state have not recovered. The required paired action and test concerns VPN hub-and-spoke versus partial mesh topology; a passing result for this alternative could leave that requirement unresolved.