For some reasons Fortigates are are not able to load the FortiGuard DDNS server list. Therefore you are not able to configure DynDNS on your Fortigate anymore. In the WebUI you will see following error message under Network > DNS > FortiGuard DDNS and you are not able to list…
Last Update: 31.07.2024 Since last week, we observed a lot of failed SSL-VPN login events on various FortiGate setups. (Edit: That was back in August of 2021 and the big “scanning” ended around two weeks after it has started. But messages are still shown from time to time, since scanning…
FortiWeb v6.4 starts to support the integration with Let’s Encrypt. This allows you to automatically generate server certificates alleviating the need to upload private certificates. The administration guide gives you some information on how to request those Let’s Encrypt certificates but in our opinion the configuration guidelines are not sufficient….
Some providers (like init7.ch which already uses the Swisscom XGS-PON) do encapsulate their PPPoE traffic into a VLAN Tag (802.1Q or Q-Tagged). The reason for this is, that in the majority of the cases the provider is using a layer 2 network (last mile) of another provider, which uses VLAN…
Microsoft has released KB5003646 on the 6th of June 2021. Part of this update is a security hardening measurement to align with recommendations as a conclusion out of CVE-2021-31958. As a known issue of this KB5003646, microsoft has noted in the release notes: “After installing this or later updates, apps…
In the context of SSL VPN, we sometimes receive the question, if it’s possible to assign IP-addresses using an external DHCP server. Unfortunatly this is not possible on the FortiGate. >> Possible since FOS 7.0.6 and FOS 7.2.1.
Just like for FortiGate releases we created and publish here a collection of CLI commands for troubleshooting the FortiAnalyzer appliances. FortiAnalyzer Version 6.4
Last update: 30.10.2025 General Your VoIP provider should give you the information, if the SIP ALG on the Fortigate is needed or not. In the default setting of a Fortigate the SIP ALG is active.
Last update from 12.05.2021 at 09:40 Swiss local time: We have noticed an improvement in the situation. Some rare rating timeouts still show up from time to time, but the majority of requests are being answered correctly. Also the DNS servers are working as usual again. We have noticed an…
On some FortiGate models, you are being asked to connect a self-loopback cable on some ports during the HQIP test. This request looks like the following CLI output:
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