SD-WAN is a cool feature to configure redundant internet access. But it was designed with load-balancing in mind and this brings some challenges to specific use cases. As an example, while you can use SD-WAN rules to define the preferred path for a specific application/system, it won’t prevent that the…
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. (Updated to v1.2, 17.02.2025) We wish you good luck with 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.
Traffic can be UTM inspected on the FortiGate either flow-based or proxy-based. Both inspection modes have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore it is very important to use the right inspection mode for the concerning purpose.
Last Update 24.06.2025 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…
FortiSwitches bieten eine breite Plattform von Netzwerk-Switches, die speziell für die Anforderungen von Unternehmen entwickelt wurden. Sie bieten nicht nur eine hervorragende Netzwerkleistung und -zuverlässigkeit, sondern auch fortschrittliche Sicherheitsfunktionen, die den Schutz Ihres Netzwerks verbessern. In diesem Blog-Artikel werden wir uns genauer mit den Funktionen und Vorteilen der Fortinet FortiSwitches…
Bei älteren Konfigurationen ist die FortiLink-Schnittstelle häufig noch als Hardware-Switch konfiguriert. Erst in neueren Versionen ist es als Aggregate-Interface vorkonfiguriert. Leider gibt es seitens Hersteller bis jetzt keine Dokumentation, wie der Typ geändert werden kann. Einige Hintergründe zu entsprechenden Anfragen: Lösungswege Wir empfehlen folgende zwei Varianten, wie der FortiLink im…
Update 18.09.2023: The Problem has been solved. The servers are up and running again.
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…
Please note the vulnerabilities in Fortinet products published in June. In particular, we would like to mention the vulnerability in FortiOS, which affects SSLVPN access and poses a major threat with a CVSSv3 score of 9.2. Fortinet PSIRT: https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-097CVE: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-27997 Affected are FortiOS versions 6.0 to 7.2. Fortinet has already…
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