Monthly Archives: March 2020

How I use Wireshark in My Daily Grind

When I am working with someone on a GTM or a Zoom type solution and I ask, "Do you have…

By Manny Fernandez

March 31, 2020

Surviving Working from Home

I have been working from home for years.  I find it to be super rewarding and because of my work…

By Manny Fernandez

March 29, 2020

macOS 10.15.4 Broke my FortiClient

When I installed the macOS 10.15.4, my FortiClient was failing when connecting to any one of my customer's VPNs.  I…

By Manny Fernandez

March 29, 2020

Adding Elastic IPs to AWS FortiGate to be used as VIPs

Lately I have been doing some AWS.  I am looking to get certified in the short-term.  I was struggling with…

By Manny Fernandez

March 25, 2020

Create Custom Install Packages for FortiClient

When you are deploying FortiClient without EMS and you want to create an installation package with pre-configured VPN connections, here…

By Manny Fernandez

March 24, 2020

FortiExtender on FortiCloud

  I recently set up a FortiExtender in my lab but I didn't use my FortiGate as the controller/manager. You…

By Manny Fernandez

March 23, 2020

Remote Access SSL VPN : Start-to-Finish (Video)

Today I wanted to try something new.  Don't know how it is going to work out so hopefully it works. …

By Manny Fernandez

March 21, 2020

Deploying a FortiAP as a remote AP for remote VPN access

A friend, colleague and fellow blogger Matt Sherif wrote a great article on using the FortiAP as a remote access…

By Manny Fernandez

March 21, 2020

Website for Sending Self-Destruct Messages

Have you ever wanted to send someone a PSK for a VPN as an example and cannot use an encrypted…

By Manny Fernandez

March 8, 2020

Using OpenSSL to encrypt files

I am a big user of PGP and use it regularly to send encrypted email to colleagues and friends that…

By Manny Fernandez

March 7, 2020

Debugging Fortigate GUI from the CLI

Have you ever gotten a strange failure in the Fortigate GUI?  It is sometimes unclear to see what the issue…

By Manny Fernandez

March 6, 2020

Bash Script to dig a list of IP Addresses

Update: I modified the script.  It now gives you an NA or the PTR when available.   I had a customer…

By Manny Fernandez

March 2, 2020

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