Fortinet has released information about PSIRT FG-IR-22-377, also known as CVE-2022-40684. Following we have a collection of remediation steps to take if your FortiGate has been breached. We have documented some information about this vulnerability in this blog article. We will update this post as soon as new evolvements are…
When you setup a new FortiGate VM, sometimes the licensing process is not working as expected. To simplify the process of licensing a FortiGate VM for you, we have created this guide. Let’s first have a look into the licensing process on the FortiGate VM, before we discuss the Troubleshooting….
Sometimes it happens, that FortiOS is not updating it’s antivirus signatures anymore. The monitoring software, a monitoring script or a very attentive administrator is then reporting this problem to the FortiGate admin to fix it. This guide will lead you through the steps to troubleshoot this.
Last update: 18. July 2025 In our daily support work we often see FortiGates in use on which the basic settings like time zone, host name and so on have never been set correctly. Therefore we would like to provide you with a small guide on this page, with which…
We have recently seen an accumulation of problems with IPSec VPN tunnels. The problem was recognized by Swisscom and fixed with a new firmware. Further information can be found in the release notes (on this page). The firmware version from which the problem was fixed is: 9.52.12 B16++ (June 2023).
Last Update: 25.07.2025 Fortinet has introduced a new transceiver module designed for use with the FortiGate. A DSL modem that can be used in a free SFP port of the FortiGate. It is possible to replace an existing DSL bridge with this transceiver. The modem supports PPPoE as well as…
Auf dem FortiGate können für Features wie Benachrichtigungen zur Security Fabric, Token Provisionierung, Gastaccounts oder Alerts Informationen per E-Mail versendet werden. Standardmässig werden diese E-Mails über den Fortinet eigenen Mailserver für Benachrichtigungen versendet. Es besteht jedoch auch die Möglichkeit, einen eigenen Mailserver und sogar einen selbst bestimmten Absender zu verwenden….
Fortinet has added a special note in the release notes of FortiOS 7.0 as follow: Source:https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.0.6/fortios-release-notes/927994/l2tp-over-ipsec-configuration-needs-to-be-manually-updated-after-upgrading-from-6-4-x-or-7-0-0-to-7-0-1-and-later Unfortunately the second point does not clearly state which policy exactly needs to be changed.Here is a screenshot of the changed policy: As you can see, the policy from the l2tp client to the…
If you want to use custom languages on FortiGate generated websites, like the SSL VPN page, you can add additional self-made translation files to the FortiGate. Note at the beginning: This is a new feature under FortiOS 6.4.5 . It was available before but was not working. First you need…
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 09.09.2025 / This article is also available in english language. Die schnelle Antwort: Das für Ihren Fall am besten passende. So einfach könnte man unsere Antwort zusammenfassen. Es gibt keine Version, welche wir immer empfehlen können. Ausserdem unterliegt die FortiOS Software einer ständigen Weiterentwicklung. Daher haben wir einige…
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