Question 1130
At Oakmont University, the FortiGate 7.6 security administration team encounters the following authorized operational case: a branch adds an application VLAN but the tunnel only encrypts the original LAN subnet. They need a defensible FortiOS configuration, diagnosis, validation or prevention decision. What root condition most directly explains the described FortiGate symptom?
Explanation
Correct Answer
A negotiated child SA handles only the protected prefixes permitted by its selectors. The mechanism is relevant because the stated ipsec traffic selector after subnet growth incident concerns the actual selected path, policy, identity or inspection state. The appropriate response is to update approved phase-two selectors and corresponding policy and route objects on both ends; verify it through this observed condition: a test from the newly approved subnet is encrypted and reaches the remote application.
Incorrect Answers
Dynamic routing can exchange changing protected prefixes while the IPsec tunnel supplies encrypted transport explains a different situation, ipsec bgp over virtual tunnel, where an organization wants multiple changing site networks reachable over an IPsec interface but maintains dozens of fragile static routes. It does not account for the specific observed ipsec traffic selector after subnet growth condition at Oakmont University. The decisive mechanism here is: A negotiated child SA handles only the protected prefixes permitted by its selectors.
A generic blocked-flow log cannot alone establish whether the tunnel negotiation or firewall rule caused failure explains a different situation, vpn session log interpretation, where a reported site-to-site outage has only generic firewall deny events and no clear IKE or IPsec event correlation. It does not account for the specific observed ipsec traffic selector after subnet growth condition at Oakmont University. The decisive mechanism here is: A negotiated child SA handles only the protected prefixes permitted by its selectors.
Scheduled SA renewal can expose incompatible settings even if initial establishment succeeded explains a different situation, ipsec security association lifetime, where a previously healthy VPN disconnects at regular rekey intervals after one peer is configured with incompatible negotiation behavior. It does not account for the specific observed ipsec traffic selector after subnet growth condition at Oakmont University. The decisive mechanism here is: A negotiated child SA handles only the protected prefixes permitted by its selectors.