Last update from 12.05.2021 at 09:40 Swiss local time: We have noticed an improvement in the situation. Some rare rating timeouts still show up from time to time, but the majority of requests are being answered correctly. Also the DNS servers are working as usual again. We have noticed an…
Fortigate und Swisscom TV – zum dritten
Unser letzter Beitrag zur Konfiguration einer Fortigate, um zuhause auch Swisscom TV durch die Fortigate zu bekommen, ist schon eine zeitlang her. Deswegen hier mal wieder ein aktueller Beitrag mit einer Fortigate auf FOS 7.0.0 (der auch mit 6.4.5 getestet wurde). Aber Vorsicht, mit dem Swisscom Centro Business oder Centro…
Exchange Hafnium Vulnerability March 2021
Let’s mention the important things first: Please patch you vulnerable Exchange 2013, 2016 and 2019 immediately! The page msxfaq has published an infosite to this vulnerability including the instructions how to fix your Exchange. Even though we, as Boll Engineering AG, are not associated in any way with the affected…
FortiClient/PaloAlto Support for Catalina – “legacy system extensions” error
Since a while, the most recent macOS versions the system do report the use of “legacy system extensions” which is often triggered by modules or plugins of low-level software like VPN Clients, AV software etc.
FortiAP and VLAN ID 97 or 98
Did you know, that on the FortiAP FAP-C24JE, the VLAN ID’s 898 and 899 are reserved for system use? Or that the FortiAP models FAP-S221E, FAP-S223E, FAP-221E, FAP-222E, FAP-223E and FAP-224E can not work with VLAN ID 97 and 98? I’m sure you already guessed it: These ID’s are reserved…
Re-Certification Policies during COVID19
Because it’s very difficult to take exams at PearsonVUE right now, you may get in trouble regarding the timely recertification of existing certifications. Therefore some vendors have announced an extension for their recertification expiration: PaloAltoNetworks is extending the certification expiration date by six month for Credential holders with expiration date between March 1,…
Fortinet PowerPoint Icon Library
Fortinet stellt eine PowerPoint Icon Library für die Erstellung von Präsentationen zur Verfügung. Public Network Security Icon Libraryhttps://www.fortinet.com/resources/icon-library.html Sie können die Icon Library auch von unserem Doc-Server herunterladen: August 2019https://doc.boll.ch/virtual/1522/FTNT-IconLibrary-August-2019.zip März 2016http://doc.boll.ch/virtual/1221/FTNT-IconLibrary-16-08-01.ppt März 2016http://doc.boll.ch/virtual/1186/FTNT-IconLibrary-16-03-01-Public.pptx
FortiOS 6.2: Upgrade Notes
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.
New PSIRT-Advisory from Fortinet
Last week Fortinet has released a critical PSIRT-Advisory “Improper check for certificate revocation vulnerability” Unfortunately the article does not give exact information regarding the background or the solution and we couldn’t find further information about the issue, either. Maybe you have more information?
FGT: CA Zertifikat für Webfilter Block Pages
Problem Wird eine Block Meldung der FortiGate zum Beispiel wegen dem Webfilter angezeigt und die aufgerufene Seite ist eine Seite mit HTTPS, wird auch die Block Seite in HTTPS angezeigt. Damit die Block Seite für HTTPS angezeigt werden kann, braucht es ein Zertifikat. Standardmässig nimmt die FortiGate das eigene CA…