The Network Layer

The tests mapped to this layer reveal the following anomalies:

  1. Unscheduled reboots of the firewall
  2. Non-availability of the firewall over the network
  3. Latencies when connecting to the firewall over the network
  4. Abnormal speed of and unusual bandwidth usage by the network interfaces supported by the firewall

Figure 1 : The tests mapped to the Network layer of the Fortigate Firewall component

The tests mapped to this layer are elaborately discussed in the Monitoring Cisco Router chapter .