Last Update: 31.12.2025 Spoiler alert: Current FortiOS versions do not allow BGP blackhole routing out of the box. But we have two possible workarounds ready for you.
FortiGate and BGP Blackhole Routing
FortiGate with FortiOS 7.4: First Configuration Steps
Last update: 22. April 2026 Have a look at our guides for FortiOS 7.2, FortiOS 7.6 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 we…
FortiGate with FortiOS 7.2: First Configuration Steps
Last update: 22. April 2026 Have a look at our guides for FortiOS 7.4, FortiOS 7.6 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 we…
Fortiguard DNS servers are enforcing EDNS policies
Some of you may have noticed that a Fortigate – configured to use the FortiGuard DNS Servers – is not resolving some DNS names anymore. Consequences can be that FQDN address objects can not be resolved or a configured mail server can not be used anymore.
