You have to set timeout on Fotinet device for protocol you need. Example
for Oracle SQLNet protocol, Fortigate CLI:

config system session-ttl
set default 3600
config port
edit 1521
set protocol 6
set timeout 28800
set end-port 1521
set start-port 1521
next
end
end

With regards, Ivica

On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 9:09 AM Vieri Di Paola <vieridipa...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 8:15 AM Simon Matter <simon.mat...@invoca.ch>
> wrote:
> >
> > > The Fortinet admin has set the following in his FW:
> > >
> > >             set protocol 6
> > >             set timeout 28800
> >               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > What's this value exactly?
>
> I don't have access to a Fortinet Fortigate system right now (and I'm
> not the admin of the remote system anyway), but it seems to be a
> "session timeout" as Fortinet seems to treat every connection as a
> "session".
> If that were true I guess it might be the equivalent of
> net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established which in my case is
> 86400.
> If that really were it  then I wouldn't have to change anything.
> The thing is that Fortinet seems to be able to apply a specific
> timeout to a type of connection -- in this case any connection to port
> tcp 1521 -- while net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established
> is system-wide.
>
> Or maybe Fortinet's "timeout" refers to something else.
>
> > Timeout can mean a lot. Could it be that the FW is doing some NAT and
> this
> > is the connection tracking timeout?
>
> I do not have that info.
>
> > Do you actually see any issues with these connections? Or do you just
> want
> > to have a matching configuration?
>
> Both.
> The user has an application which connects to a remote Oracle DB. At
> some point after x minutes idle the client software fails and
> complains about a connection error. I've been told that it's because
> of a timeout at FW level even though I'm guessing this wouldn't happen
> if the software and/or client/server OS were properly configured with
> keepalive connections.
>
> I'll try to get more info from Fortinet.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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