Introduction Over the past few FortiOS releases, Fortinet has gradually restricted SSL VPN functionality and completely removed it from certain FortiGate models. The following models and firmware versions are affected:
UPDATE 16.30 CET: Cloudflare has resolved the issue. All workarounds can now be disabled, as they are no longer needed. The root cause has not yet been published. ERR_TIMED_OUT and ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE being observed by Cloudflare Customers
Last Update: 26.10.2026, 09:25 CET At the 22nd of October 2026, Fortinet has released critical out-of-band security updates for FortiMail and FortiAuthenticator, with coordinated updates for FortiOS, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer. Fortinet recommended to upgrade immediately.
Last Update 22.10.2026 Update – 11. September 2026: We received feedback from our partners indicating that the issue has recurred. Fortinet has confirmed the issue and provided the following response:
When a critical network issue occurs in a FortiSwitch environment – such as sudden disconnects, loop storms, or unexpected reboots like in a event featured in this article – the immediate reflex for many admins is to reboot or reset the equipment to restore connectivity. However, doing so clears vital…
Last Update: 14.08.2026 (IoT/OT signature information changed) As a FortiGate support provider, we occasionally identify concerning trends in support requests that we believe are crucial to share with the community. Lately, we have seen a significant increase in 2GB memory FortiGate models hitting their performance ceilings. While these legacy platforms…
Last update: 30. July 2026 A critical software defect (Bug ID: 1286219) has been identified in Fortinet’s FortiSwitch operating system that causes the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon to freeze and consume excessive CPU resources on affected devices. The issue manifests after approximately 250 days of continuous uptime, potentially leading…
Yesterday, Fortinet officially unveiled its new certification roadmap. Here is our summary of the most important changes.
Last updated: 15.06.2026 In the past few days, multiple of our resellers have reported issues where DNS resolution using the default Fortinet FortiGuard DNS servers (96.45.45.45 & 96.45.46.46) is not functioning as expected with DNS over TLS (DoT) on TCP/853.
Last update: 28. April 2026 Have a look at our guides for FortiOS 7.2, FortiOS 7.4 and FortiOS 7.6. 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…
