Fortigate Firewalls Hardware - CPU model and number, Memory (RAM) and hard disk size datasheet table

Note The data is gathered via get hardware stat command. Note If you have access to the Fortigate model not listed here, please consider sending me output of get hardware stat to be included in the table to yuri@yurisk.info for the benefit of all of us. Note It …



Fortigate BGP cookbook of example configuration and debug commands

Last updated: August 2020 PDF version of this post: Fortigate BGP cookbook of example configuration and debug commands.pdf BGP with two ISPs for multi-homing, each advertising default gateway and full routing table. Uses route-map, prefix list, weight Prevent our Fortigate from becoming a transit AS, do not advertise learned …



tcpdump now shows interface names in its output, finally

Actually it is not news - it happened with the new 4.99 tcpdump version starting 2 years ago. But most binary distributions still lack this version. So, I had to install it from sources even on the RHEL 9, the newest version. The steps are simple: Download sources: wget https …



Fortigate VPN SSL Hardening Guide

Table of Contents Introduction Change the default SSL VPN port 10443/443 to anything else Do not use local users for authentication, and if using - keep passwords elsewhere or/and enable MFA Enable Multi-Factor Authentication for VPN users Limit access to VPN SSL portal to specific IP addresses Move VPN …



Fortigate end of support and end of life explained

When buying/renewing Fortigate firewalls it is important to take into account the Support/Updates life cycle. Fortinet use few terms in this regard we need to understand. End of Order Date The last date we can buy a particular model of the Fortigate. Those dates are individual for each …



Fortigate subscription expired, list of features that will continue to work

When subscription for Fortiguard-based services expires, many things will stop working, but a lot will continue to work still. Below is the full list of features in Fortigate that will continue working after the subscription expires. It also means these features work even if your Fortigate has never had the …



Fortigate buying used pre-owned firewall most frequently asked questions

Table of Contents Introduction Is it worth buying hardware Fortigate vs free VM evaluation one? Can I get a demo Fortigate appliance? Can I buy a used Fortigate from Fortinet? Is it OK/legal from the Fortinet standpoint to buy the firewall on the secondary market? Will I need a …



Fortigate administrator GUI authentication bypass critical vulnerability CVE-2022-40684 found

On 6th of October 2022, the Fortinet started circulating internally and to their clients preliminary alert that admin GUI vulnerability had been found. They released more details by now, but the whole picture regarding the exploitation path is not known yet. The vulnerability was assigned severity 9.6 (very high …



Network MTU maximum size path discovery (PMTU) testing with ping

MTU (MAximum Transmit Unit) plays central role in available throughput. And while with the Internet the maximum size isn’t going to surpass 1500 bytes, on MPLS/IPL/etc lines, owned by 1 provider, it is possible to get better MTU. THe easiest way to test for the maximum size …



Fortigate free VM Evaluation License is now permanent, not limited to 15 days, here is how to get it.

Starting with FortiOS 7.2.1, Fortinet removed built-in 15 days free evaluation license from the Fortigate VM images. It was replaced with the permanent evaluation license, still free. The steps to get it have changed - you now have to create a free Forticare/FortiCloud account, and use it inside …