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Category: Network Security

Category of all network security related posts

Application Security, FortiAuthenticator, FortiGate, FortiMail, FortiWeb, Infrastructure Security, Network Security, Splunk

Using Syslog-NG to send Fortinet Logs to Splunk

Posted onSeptember 26, 2019September 26, 2019

Introduction As a network security professional, we are constantly tasked with continuous monitoring of different types of network equipment. This could be things like next-generation …

FortiGate, Network Security, Proxmox, Virtualization

Rapid Topology Deployment with Proxmox

Posted onSeptember 16, 2019September 16, 2019

One of the benefits of using Proxmox is the ability to perform management functions via a built-in CLI utility. For a recap of this functionality, …

FortiGate, Network Security, Proxmox, Virtualization

Automatically Provision FortiGate VM with Cloud-Init in Proxmox

Posted onAugust 19, 2019August 19, 2019

Have you ever cared to deploy a FortiGate virtual machine in your favorite hypervisor (Proxmox, of course) but dreaded the need of completing the mundane …

FortiGate, Network Security

Central NAT Table in FortiOS

Posted onAugust 7, 2019August 7, 2019

In a previous post, I covered the default behavior for Network Address Translation (NAT) in FortiOS. However, understanding that there are, quite often, some difficulties …

FortiGate, Network Security

Network Address Translation in FortiOS (Part 2)

Posted onJuly 22, 2019July 22, 2019

Configuring NAT in FortiOS This article is a continuation of the introduction to Network Address Translation. Please see this link for the previous post. FortiOS …

FortiGate, Network Security

Network Address Translation in FortiOS (Part 1)

Posted onJuly 17, 2019July 17, 2019

Network Address Translation (NAT) is a fundamental concept when it comes to network security. In this two-part series, I will cover a general overview of …

FortiGate, Network Security

Scheduled Configuration Rollback

Posted onJune 10, 2019June 10, 2019

How often have you been working on a FortiGate remotely and you want to make a change but are terrified you will lock yourself out …

FortiGate, Network Security

Enhancing Content Filtering with Transparent Proxy in FortiOS

Posted onJune 4, 2019September 24, 2019

Introduction It is common to use the FortiGate as a web proxy for enterprise environments.  The default behavior of the web-filter is to match traffic …

FortiGate, FortiManager, Infrastructure Security, Network Security

Zero(ish) Touch Provisioning – Connect to FortiManager via the DHCP Option

Posted onMay 9, 2019October 5, 2019

As with the other related Zero Touch Provisioning blogs, the baseline article around configuring the FortiManager should be reviewed in order to fully understand the …

FortiGate, Network Security

FortiOS 6.2 GA Released!

Posted onApril 1, 2019April 1, 2019

No, this is not an April Fools Day joke. This particular post will deviate from the typical content I try to publish. Instead of publishing …

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RSS Fortinet Firmware Updates

  • FortiDDoS-F 6.3.3 June 24, 2022
  • FortiOS 6.2.11 June 22, 2022
  • FortiSwitch 7.2.1 June 21, 2022
  • FortiAP 7.0.4 June 21, 2022
  • FortiProxy 7.0.5 June 20, 2022
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