… or accessed from any unauthorized party. In some cases it’s not even necessary to hack a system to gain access to it. For example it may be enough to leak a configuration file to allow unauthorized system access. Fortunately, many cases of a suspected hack turn out to be…
We noticed some interesting facts about the new large FortiAP G-Series models that we would like to share with you: When we studied the datasheet and the quick start guide of these new access points, we were surprised to see a drastic increase in power consumption: The maximum power consumption…
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…
There seems to be a vulnerarbility in some FortiMail versions, that allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to access the system by requesting a password change. Please refer to the FortiGuard PSIRT article. The problem here is not only the unauthorized access to the system, but also the change of the…
Due to several known issues, we did not recommend the use of FortiOS 6.2 in productive environments for the first couple of months. As per FortiOS 6.2.5, we noticed that most of the issues have been resolved. Please have a look into our FortiOS upgrade guide for the upgrade procedure.
Recently we have had a few support cases where a customer was unable to log in to the firewall via WebUI after the firmware update. But SSH access worked fine. It turned out that during the update process the server certificate used for the WebUI is lost. Config with v6.0.4…
Letzte Aktualisierung: 05. June 2025 Die Fortinet WiFi Produkte erfreuen sich schon länger zunehmender Beliebtheit. Dies nicht zuletzt, weil die FortiAP und Controller (FortiGate und FortiAP Cloud) je länger je angewandtere Technologien bieten und daher unterdessen praktisch alle vorstellbaren Einsatzszenarien abdecken. Da mit dem Featureset zugleich auch die Komplexität der…
Watchguard is going to release Fireware version 12.5 in the next few days / weeks. From the public beta phase some new features are already known, which I would like to introduce here: Update: Fireware 12.5 has been released.Please check the ” What’s New in Fireware v12.5 ” presentation for…
Zuletzt aktualisiert am 06.06.2024 Es ist soweit. Swisscom hat den neuen Business Connect Anschluss, den Smart Business Connect lanciert. Selbstverständlich gibt es auch bei diesem Anschluss wieder Neuerungen für die Kunden.
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