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.
CheatSheet – FortiOS v7.6
When the Primary Gets Too Dominant – HA Configuration Restore Issue on FortiOS 7.6.4
We encountered an interesting — and quite disruptive — behavior in a High Availability (HA) setup. Situation Overview When restoring a configuration on one cluster node, the entire configuration of the other nodes was overwritten — including settings that are supposed to remain unique and unsynced, such as hostnames, management…
CheatSheet – FortiAnalyzer & FortiManager v7.4
We have updated our CheatSheet for the FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager to the OS version 7.4. We still have the divided sections for FortiAnalyzer Logging, FortiAnalyzer Reporting and FortiManager with all of our regularly used commands and some CLI-based debug examples that are also featured in the official training materials. We hope that…
CheatSheet – PANOS 11.1
We have updated our cheat sheet for Palo Alto firewalls with all important commands for troubleshooting.It contains now all commands for PANOS 11.1. We have divided the cheat sheet into different sections like general commands, session debugging, service debugging and feature related debugging commands so that the needed commands can…
Crucial Information for FortiGate Admins: Transition to FortiOS 7.4.4 and the Discontinuation of Proxy-Based Features on Devices with 2GB of RAM or less
In a significant move by Fortinet, the upcoming FortiOS version 7.4.4 introduces a pivotal change affecting numerous FortiGate devices. Users planning to upgrade need to be aware of the substantial shift from proxy-based features, which will no longer be supported under this new firmware version.
Webserver are Suddenly not Reachable Anymore due to TLS 1.3 Hybridized Kyber Support
In the last days we have had several support cases that suspiciously all had the same error description: many web servers can no longer be reached with the Chrome or Edge browser. In our cases typically the Webfilter feature from one of our firewalls has been involved. Right now we…
Upgrading a Fortigate without support contract to FortiOS 7.4.2
Maybe you have read in the “New Features” Guide for 7.4 about this new feature: “Prevent FortiGates with an expired support contract from upgrading to a major or minor firmware release”. Here it is explained that you cannot upgrade your Fortigate to a higher major or minor version (eg. upgrading…
CheatSheet – FortiOS v7.4
We are happy to present you the new cheat sheet for FortiOS version 7.4.If you have an idea for the cheat sheet, please let us know in the comments. (Updated to v1.2, 17.02.2025) We wish you good luck with troubleshooting.
Swisscom Centro Business: Incoming HTTPS-Sessions and SSLVPN stop working
In the last two weeks we have received many support requests because of non-functioning SSL connections from our Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Watchguard customers. Incoming SSL connections on port tcp/443 suddenly stop working. These can be SSLVPNs, Global Protect connections, port forwardings (VIPs, Destination NAT) for internal web servers…
FortiCloud: Check your email or token application for the security code
The single-sign-on accounts for Fortinet websites are used for sites such as support.fortinet.com and forticloud.com. There are a whole lot of other Fortinet sites that use the same login. All accounts are required to change their passwords on a regular basis. If you do not change your Fortinet account password,…
