Motivation As a distributor we offer various security products from different vendors. On the one hand these are FortiGate and PaloAltoNetworks NGFW firewalls to make the perimeter more secure, on the other hand products & services from Kaspersky. Kaspersky offers various threat feeds that can be used in other products….
How to configure the FortiGate for a 3CX UC system with SIP trunk
3CX is a very widespread UC solution (phone system or also known as PBX). FortiGate is a very widespread firewall solution. Both of the products are very good in doing their thing. But to work together, a littlebit of configuration work is needed. Below you can find an example configuration…
FortiGate virtual server webpages loading infinite
Fortinet has introduced a new configuration parameter in FortiOS 7.2.4 and higher. The setting is “http-supported-max-version” that is configurable under “config firewall vip”. Symptoms After an upgrade of the FortiOS to 7.2.4, some websites that are published over a virtual server on the FortiGate are loading infinite. A part of…
10 FortiGate Configurations That Can Cause Slow Performance
In this post we want to share some of the most seen reasons for slow performance on FortiGate appliances with you. This are experiences we’ve made in our support department and is not a concluding list. Traffic shapers Traffic shaping is an evergreen topic. We have already written two blog…
How to recertify the new Fortinet Certifications
It was not so long ago that Fortinet replaced the old NSE levels with new certification levels. We already wrote an article about this last year in this blog post. Nevertheless, let’s take a look at how you can recertify our new Fortinet certifications: Basically, recertification is pretty simple. After…
FortiGate remote-management over FortiGateCloud: This FortiCloud account (“user.name@domain.com”) is not authorized to sign in on this FortiGate
Since FortiOS 7.4.2 it is possible to log into your FortiGate WebAdmin locally or via the remote management feature in the FortiGate Cloud using the FortiCloud IAM credentials. The configuration procedure is quite simple and documented in this Fortinet KB article. A very important detail from this article is the…
CheatSheet FortiOS v7.4
We are happy to present you the new cheat sheet for FortiOS version 7.4.If you have an idea for the cheat sheet, please let us know in the comments. We wish you good luck with troubleshooting.
FortiGate throughput troubleshooting
Limited throughput on network devices is a common problem. We handle a lot of cases with thtroughput issues and have written a guide on how we recommend to start troubleshooting in such cases.
FortiGuard Servers are not reachable
Update – 30. Oktober 2023: We received feedback from our partners that the issue probably occurred again today. Fortinet confirmed the issue, here is their response: Few cases have been reported to us with this issue during the weekend, this seems to be issue with Fortiguard anycast when Daylight Saving…
FortiOS 7.4.1 is released
Last Friday the first patch for FortiOS 7.4 has been released. As always with a brand new minor or major FortiOS version a lot of issues have been resolved and a lot of new features have been introduced. No Security Fabric root for FG60E/F anymore Interestingly, however, we found an…