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Decreasing Fail-Over Time for Multi-Homed VPNs using DPD

By Manny posted 4 days ago
Use case: Customer has two ISP connections at both sites. Two VPNs configured. ISP1 to ISP1 and ISP2 to ISP2. Customer wanted to lower the time it takes ...
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Dynamic VLANs with Single SSID using FortiAP and FortiAuthenticator

By Manny posted 4 days ago
First and foremost, a special shout out to a friend that helped with this config. Juan Perez, thank you brother. Use Case: Customer wants a single ...
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What's new in the Fuse Community!

By Swathi posted 14 days ago
Fuse community just got an update! The latest site provides a refreshing look and feel, simplified UI, enhanced functionality for user engagement & ...
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Early Threat Detection and Automated Incident Response

By Lukas posted 15 days ago
Networks are undergoing fundamental changes fuelled by the accelerated adoption of BYOD, the Internet of Things, and the cloud-first strategy. The new ...
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Extending Next Generation FortiGate Firewalls to Kubernetes With Calico Enterprise

By John posted Jun 02, 2020
Container use continues to grow, and Kubernetes is the most widely adopted container orchestration system, managing nearly half of all container deployments. ...
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Bi-directional DNAT on FortiGate Firewalls

By Manny posted May 28, 2020
I am a BIG supporter of Central NAT . I believe it is in-line with the present day firewall platforms. Even if you use Policy NAT (the original way ...
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Separate VRF for Out-of-Band Management in FortiOS

By Manny posted May 28, 2020
I am currently running FortiOS 6.4 on this FortiGate. The use case is to have an out-of-band interface that points to a separate routing table or in ...
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Multi-Factor Authentication with FortiToken, FortiAuthenticator and FortiGate

By Manny posted May 26, 2020
Today, a customer asked me about selectively assigning FortiTokens to AD users using FortiAuthenticator. In this use case, I am going to use an AD group ...
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Deploying SSL VPNs Using Multiple Realms

By Manny posted May 26, 2020
Realms are a feature on the FortiGate that I have written about in the past, but I never really did a detailed dive into them and how and when to use ...
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EMS for Internal and External FortiClients

By Manny posted May 22, 2020
When deploying EMS in your environment, you want to make sure the users can communicate back to EMS when connected internally as well as externally. ...
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Anti-SPAM Feature on FortiGate Firewalls

By Manny posted May 16, 2020
Normally, I position FortiMail for anti-SPAM at customers. However, today I decided to play with the Anti-SPAM feature on the FortiGate itself. NOTE: ...
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VWire with FortiGate Firewalls

By Manny posted May 14, 2020
Although the FortGate CAN operate in transparent mode, I rarely used/use it. Fortinet introduced VWire which is a layer 2 pair of interfaces. These ...
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FortiSOAR Overview and Use Cases

By Amit posted May 12, 2020
FortiSOAR™ is a holistic and enterprise-built security orchestration and security automation workbench that empowers security operation teams. FortiSOAR™ ...
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Return-to-Work Toolkit for Employees & Employers

By Jay posted May 08, 2020
An organization's workforce is its most valuable asset. And when an employee can't work due to illness or injury, it impacts not only an organization's ...
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Binding to LDAP with Minimum Access

By Manny posted May 03, 2020
Most of the documentation out there will tell you to configure a Domain Admin user to perform LDAP authentication. When I am doing a Proof-of-Concept ...
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