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 have proven themselves over the years –…
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 introduced its new Certification Roadmap. The most notable change is the retirement of the Fortinet Certified certification levels (FCA, FCF, FCP, FCSS, and FCX). Instead, Fortinet is bringing back the familiar NSE (Network Security Expert) certification levels—a change that many long-time Fortinet professionals will likely welcome. 🙂…
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…
Single-sign-on accounts are used for Fortinet websites such as support.fortinet.com and forticloud.com. Many other Fortinet sites use the same login.
Last Update: 06.02.2026: Added Analysis Report Link Update 23.01.2026: Recently, a small number of customers reported unexpected login activity occurring on their devices, which appeared very similar to the previous issue. However, Fortinet has identified a number of cases where the exploit was to a device that had been fully…
Last update: 28. April 2026 Have a look at our guides for FortiOS 7.2 and FortiOS 7.4 and FortiOS 8.0. 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…
Right at the start of the year, we’re also releasing the new cheat sheet for FortiOS version 7.6! If you have an idea for the cheat sheet, please let us know in the comments.We wish you good luck with troubleshooting.
Fortinet has officially transitioned FortiOS 7.6 into the “Mature” phase with the release of FortiOS 7.6.5. For many administrators, this is the green light to begin upgrading production environments. However, this release isn’t just about bug fixes, it introduces several mandatory enforcement measures designed to harden security. If you are…
