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.
Last Update 11.08.2025: 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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
In the last two weeks we received more and more reports about the problem that the reseller list remains empty when registering a FortiGate via WebUI, even if the correct country (Switzerland in our case) is selected. The problem was also reported to us with the Country / Region field,…
Most of you have already read about the latest release of Fortinet’s new PSIRT advisories. There are 15 new vulnerabilities for FortiOS and other products with severity level from low up to critical. We strongly recommend that you checkt the PSIRT advisories and update your Fortinet products to one of…
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