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So when I had to implement a VPN for a handful of remote workers, I initially tried to use L2TP-IPSec which is supported by the Fortigate, but certain UK ISPs block or otherwise mess with IPSec traffic so I had to find an alternative.

However as more and more people have been using it, the fact I didnt have a way to silently roll it out has become a bit of a pain.

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I mostly use either use Chocolatey with its Puppet Module or Group Policy to push out software to Windows machines, but I couldnt find a (recent) MSI installer or a way to silently install with the EXE installer anywhere online or via their support team.

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I discovered that the EXE installer creates an MSI during the installation process (although it doesnt show up if you try to extract the EXE with 7-zip or similar) which I can now deploy with Group Policy.

At the time of writing the latest installer can be found in FortiGatev5.005.25.2.4VPNSSLVPNToolssslvpnclient64pkg4.4.2317.tar.gz.

I would have found this out much sooner However Im surprised this isnt documented anywhere online and their support team arent aware of it.

The only issue I had after installing the client on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit was that my VPN profiles were not saving, so every time I relaunched the VPN client I would have to manually enterre-create my VPN profile.

In case this happens to you you can manually create the file in your home folder with the following settings.

This workaround is very useful Still, FortiNet owes us a real solution (not to mention a real SSLVPN client for Linux).

The SSL VPN connection is established over the WAN interface.

If the users computer has antivirus software, a connection is established; otherwise FortiClient shows a compliance warning.

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