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FortiGate FortiSwitch Network Security

How to Leverage the FortiGate, FortiSwitch and FortiClient to ensure secure network access control – Part 2

Posted onJanuary 25, 2024January 25, 2024
FortiClient FortiGate FortiSwitch Infrastructure Security Network Security

How to Leverage the FortiGate, FortiSwitch and FortiClient to ensure secure network access control – Part 1

Posted onJanuary 10, 2024January 10, 2024
FortiGate Network Security

How to use FortiGate SD-WAN and Automation to Troubleshoot Network Problems

Posted onFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023
FortiManager, Infrastructure Security

Using Variable Modifiers with CLI Templates

In a previous blog post, the ability to leverage CLI scripts with variables was explained. This served as an introduction to the feature but did …

By Jonathan Torian
Posted onMay 20, 2019May 20, 2019
FortiManager, Infrastructure Security

Simplifying FortiGate Deployment using FortiManager Scripting with Variables

Posted onMay 14, 2019September 30, 2020

The ability to use CLI scripts from the FortiManager provides a massive benefit when dealing with the configuration and deployment of firewalls on a large …

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 …

FortiGate, FortiManager, Infrastructure Security, Network Security

Zero(ish) Touch Provision – Linking Configuration via FortiDeploy (FortiCloud)

Posted onMarch 18, 2019September 20, 2019

To continue to build upon the theme around Zero(ish) touch provisioning with the FortiManager, I want to provide an explanation on the deployment method that …

FortiGate, FortiManager, Infrastructure Security, Network Security

Zero(ish) Touch Configuration – Linking Configuration via FortiGate CLI

Posted onMarch 4, 2019March 4, 2019

In a previous article I covered configuring the FortiManager to create a model device that can be used to automatically assign a configuration to a …

FortiGate, Network Security

Zero(ish) Touch Provisioning – Linking the Configuration via FortiGate WebGUI

Posted onFebruary 18, 2019February 23, 2019

In a previous article I covered configuring the FortiManager to create a model device that can be used to automatically assign a configuration to a …

FortiManager, Infrastructure Security

Zero(ish) Touch Provisioning – Configuring the FortiManager

Posted onFebruary 12, 2019February 12, 2019

In a previous blog article, I provided a high level overview of the “Zero Touch Provisioning” process for configuring the FortiGate from the FortiManager. In …

FortiManager, Infrastructure Security

Zero(ish) Touch Provisioning with FortiManager – Explained

Posted onFebruary 4, 2019February 4, 2019

Introduction Zero touch provisioning is one of those marketing words that means different things to different vendors.  When you boil it down past the marketing …

Proxmox, Virtualization

How to Upgrade to Proxmox 5.3 (non-clustered)

Posted onJanuary 28, 2019January 28, 2019

I am in the process of dusting off one of my old Dell R710s to set up a training lab for one of my customers. …

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RSS Fortinet Firmware Updates

  • FortiAnalyzer 7.0.16 January 30, 2026
  • FortiManager 7.0.16 January 30, 2026
  • FortiOS 7.0.19 January 30, 2026
  • FortiFone 7.2.1 January 29, 2026
  • FortiAnalyzer 7.2.12 January 29, 2026
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