Introduction Over the past few FortiOS releases, Fortinet has gradually restricted SSL VPN functionality and completely removed it from certain FortiGate models. The following models and firmware versions are affected:
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Introduction Over the past few FortiOS releases, Fortinet has gradually restricted SSL VPN functionality and completely removed it from certain FortiGate models. The following models and firmware versions are affected:
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Last Update 22.10.2026 Update – 11. September 2026: We received feedback from our partners indicating that the issue has recurred. Fortinet has confirmed the issue and provided the following response:
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“Automatic Update” vs. “Forced Update” In this article, we’d like to introduce the new Forced Upgrade feature and clarify how it differs from Automatic Upgrade to help avoid any potential confusion between the two.
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Yesterday, Fortinet officially unveiled its new certification roadmap. Here is our summary of the most important changes.
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In November Fortinet has released two new PSIRT advisories (CVSS 7.1) that are impacting FortiClient v7.2.0-7.2.9 and v7.4.0-7.4.3. These issues have been fixed in FortiClient v7.2.10 and v7.4.4 For more information please refer to https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-112 and https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-125. Shortly before, Fortinet announced that there would be no updates for the free…
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After upgrading the Fortigate to 7.2.12, 7.4.9 or 7.6.4 the SAML authentication (for e.g. IPsec or SSL VPN) is not working anymore. The authentication process takes a very long time and then results in a timeout. Reason for this is that Fortinet has started to verify the signature for SAML…
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Last Updated: 20. June 2025 Fortinet has released FortiOS 7.6.3 on April 17th. There are a lot of resovled issues but again another feature was completely removed. After the SSLVPN (tunnel- and web-mode) has been completely removed on models with only 2GB RAM and the small G models, now SSLVPN…
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Einleitung One-Arm-Installation bedürfen einem speziellen Augenmerk, insbesondere wenn es um den Redirect vom Traffic geht – also Traffic, der über das gleiche logische Interface rausgeschickt wird, wo er auch reingekommen ist. Auf der Fortigate wird der Redirect Traffic per default erlaubt, so dass der Traffic ohne weitere Prüfung durch die…
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Palo Alto Networks is announcing a new certification program which consists of four different level for all three Palo Alto Networks Platforms: Network Security, Security Operations, Cloud Security. With this new program, Palo Alto Networks moves from away from more product-focused certifications towards role-based certifications: As you can see in…
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Especially on Fortigates with little memory (e.g. FG60F, FG50G) it makes sense to configure the device in a memory-saving way. Ideally – of course – without reducing the memory by disabling certain features.
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