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.
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…
“Automatic Update” vs. “Forced Update” In this article, we’d like to introduce the new Forced Upgrade feature and clarify how it differs from Automatic Upgrade to help avoid any potential confusion between the two.
Yesterday, Fortinet officially unveiled its new certification roadmap. Here is our summary of the most important changes.
This article is being updated regularly with the latest information. Visit us again for the latest news!Last Update: 26.06.2026 The headlines have been relentless over the past few days: A massive dataset containing valid admin credentials for an estimated 75’000 internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls worldwide is currently circulating under the…
Recently, we have seen an increasing number of support cases where resellers are unable to register their newly purchased FortiGate through the GUI during the initial login, even though the device has already been registered in the FortiCloud portal.
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…
