NSE7 Advanced VPN and Zero Trust Practice Question
A FortiGate administrator configures SAML SSO with FortiGate as the Identity Provider (IdP). Users are redirected to the FortiGate login page, but after successful authentication, they are not redirected back to the service provider. What is a likely cause?
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The assertion consumer service URL is misconfigured on the FortiGate
When FortiGate is the IdP, it must have the correct Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL to which the SAML response is sent after authentication. A mismatch prevents the redirect back to the SP.
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