On Fortigate, it is TCP Session timeout, as far as I know.

With regards, Ivica

On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 2:09 PM Simon Matter <simon.mat...@invoca.ch> wrote:

> > 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
>              ^^^^^
> This one is clear, TCP.
>
> > set timeout 28800
>            ^^^^^^^^^^
> But here, what kind of timeout is this exactly? TCP session timeout, NAT
> connection tracking timeout or what?
>
> Regards,
> Simon
>
> > 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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