Monthly Archives: January 2020

Live Ubuntu USB with Persistence

My son started a coding club in his middle school.  He teaches coding.  Specifically Python.  The issue is that his…

By Manny Fernandez

January 30, 2020

Creating an .app out of a Script on macOS

Since I am on my backup laptop due to my primary laptop having the keyboard replaced, I wanted to make…

By Manny Fernandez

January 28, 2020

FortiClient 6.2 Basics Deployment

Earlier this week, I decided I would focus on FortiClient in my lab.  I decided to put together a basic…

By Manny Fernandez

January 28, 2020

Adding Sites to Your Safari Top Site Page

So I started using another MacBook while my normal work horse is getting the keyboard replaced.... again.  But I was…

By Manny Fernandez

January 24, 2020

2-Way Sync with RSYNC

I have two MacBook Pros.  One is a 32GB 15" and the other is a 16GB 15".  The 16GB stays…

By Manny Fernandez

January 19, 2020

VX-LAN over IPSec using Fortigate Firewalls

VXLAN is a tunneling protocol that encapsulates layer 2 frames into layer 3 UDP packets.  VXLANs allow you to create…

By Manny Fernandez

January 18, 2020

Policy Disclaimer Option in FortiOS 6.2.3

Yesterday I wrote an article about some advanced policy option in FortiOS 6.2.3.  Here is another one.  In System then Feature…

By Manny Fernandez

January 17, 2020

Policy Advanced Options in FortiOS 6.2.3

FortiOS 6.2.3 Introduced some interesting new features.  One of those features is the Policy Advanced Options in which some interesting new…

By Manny Fernandez

January 17, 2020

How I Prepared for the NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall Certification

Fortinet has a Network Security Expert (NSE) program that goes from NSE 1 through NSE 8. My job function requires…

By Manny Fernandez

January 16, 2020

Workaround for Running Unetbootin for macOS on Catalina

OK, so here we are again with the "Making a bootable disk in Mac" again.  I was able to find…

By Manny Fernandez

January 11, 2020

FortiWifi with Tunnel and Bridge SSIDs

If you have a FortiWiFi using the internal radio and want to offer a guest SSID that is in "Tunnel"…

By Manny Fernandez

January 11, 2020

Configuring Microsoft CA Services

Microsoft includes a Certificate Authority Server or CA server at no cost to you (you will need a server license…

By Manny Fernandez

January 10, 2020

Adding Color to Your macOS “ls” Output

I am big on having colors on my cli.  It makes things very easy to identify when things are amiss.…

By Manny Fernandez

January 9, 2020

What Diffie-Hellman (DH) Group Should I Use

There has been a lot around Diffie-Hellman groups and which ones to use.  Some think that the bigger the DH…

By Manny Fernandez

January 7, 2020

Fortinet Ports and Protocols

If you are ever wondering what ports needs to be open for various Fortinet products to interact and struggled to…

By Manny Fernandez

January 7, 2020

FortiAnalyzer Primer

Wanted to write an article about the FortiAnalyzer also known as FAZ .  FAZ is a great solution that is "CFO…

By Manny Fernandez

January 5, 2020

Creating Bootable USB Stick using balenaEtcher

I created an article last week about creating a bootable Windows USB thumb-drive.  A colleague of mine, Sam Keys, Suggested…

By Manny Fernandez

January 4, 2020

FAP U431 Not Registering

I had a customer call me about some FortiAPs that where not registering with the FortiGate.  When I logged into…

By Manny Fernandez

January 4, 2020

Encrypting a USB Thumb-Drive on macOS from CLI and GUI

There are a couple of ways to encrypt drives and volumes on macOS X.  I recommend that if you are…

By Manny Fernandez

January 1, 2020

Securely Wiping a Drive in macOS

I remember when I worked for a Cisco reseller and we went to their offices for some training.  This was…

By Manny Fernandez

January 1, 2020

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