NSE 4 – FortiGate 7.2 — Question 46

An administrator wants to configure timeouts for users. Regardless of the user's behavior, the timer should start as soon as the user authenticates and expire after the configured value.
Which timeout option should the administrator configure on FortiGate?

Answer options

• A. new-session
• B. idle-timeout
• C. hard-timeout
• D. soft-timeout
• E. auth-on-demand

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct option is hard-timeout, as it starts counting down immediately upon user authentication, regardless of user activity. Idle-timeout would only trigger after a period of inactivity, while soft-timeout allows for a grace period before disconnecting. New-session and auth-on-demand are not relevant to the requirement of immediate timeout post-authentication.