Where do I download the free trial VM of the Fortigate? Probably the most frequent question I get asked. And not to stop at the answer "support.fortinet.com", here is a video walk-through. The version you download has built-in 15 days trial license, which comes with some limitations you …

Table of Contents Introduction Important facts about WorkSpace Mode Example - change WAN IP address and default gateway Let’s start WorkSpace session. Do the configuration we need Verify Commit the changes and finish the session Introduction Fortigate saves and applies changes made on CLI immediately after you issue end / next …

Table of Contents Benefits of using CLI Use get inside any configuration subtree to show currently active settings for this module grep - the Secret weapon for searching the configuration and diagnostics Navigating the CLI Use select, append, unselect to avoid costly mistakes Disable screen paging to get rid of --More-- …

It is rare for these well-known DNS providers to cause problems to your domain records, but everything is possible. More often though, you may need to refresh some DNS record of your domain sooner than its TTL expires. Below you will find links how to do so for the aforementioned …

Today's log. - Alert on a suspicious connection via ssh to the VTY line of the Cisco ISR 1100 router. - Logged in to the router, saw an established connection from IP belonging to Chinanet ISP (the router is in Israel) to the port 22. The router was compromised as someone removed …

The following, I hope, will help you to prepare better for the exam as there is no information I could find anywhere. Note Links to all the resources I mention in the text are at the end. Also, for obvious reasons this article does not contain actual questions from the …

Many best practices in security and regulations (PCI-DSS, NIST 800-53) demand or recommend renaming/deleting the default administrative accounts that come with the equipment. And every Fortinet product comes with the admin account built-in. Some people are afraid to lose administrative access by such changes, but with the Fortinet Fortigate …

Table of Contents Translate source IP address (SNAT) and Destination IP (DNAT) in usual, non-Central NAT mode Configuration Verification: Translate Source and Destination IP addresses when the Central NAT is enabled Configuration Verification CLI configuration Related: When the situation requires to translate both - source and destination addresses in incoming packets …

In this, 1st part of tutorial series, I will show how to enable remote access to API on Checkpoint Management Server, verify that it is running and is indeed enabled for remote access, and create first Network object - Host via HTTP request. All this I will do in Postman software …

This cheat sheet as PDF: Fortianalyzer diagnose and debug cheat sheet General Health Command Description get sys status Get general information: firmware version, serial number, ADOMs enabled or not, time and time zone, general license status (Valid or not). get sys performance Detailed performance statistics: CPU load, memory usage, hard …