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Reverting from Comprehensive Mode to Optimal Mode on FortiOS 6.4.1

If you are like me, you turn on all kinds of features just because.  I upgraded my lab FortiGate to…

By Manny Fernandez

June 7, 2020

Separate VRF for Out-of-Band Management in FortiOS

I am currently running FortiOS 6.4 on this FortiGate.  The use case is to have an out-of-band interface that points…

By Manny Fernandez

May 27, 2020

Multi-Factor Authentication with FortiToken, FortiAuthenticator and FortiGate

Today, a customer asked me about selectively assigning FortiTokens to AD users using FortiAuthenticator.  In this use case, I am…

By Manny Fernandez

May 26, 2020

Using Apple Configurator for Kids IOS devices

I do a lot of public speaking.  A lot of times I help parent control the access to their kids…

By Manny Fernandez

May 26, 2020

Deploying SSL VPNs Using Multiple Realms

Realms are a feature on the FortiGate that I have written about in the past, but I never really did…

By Manny Fernandez

May 26, 2020

EMS for Internal and External FortiClients

When deploying EMS in your environment, you want to make sure the users can communicate back to EMS when connected…

By Manny Fernandez

May 22, 2020
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Cisco ASA Internet Failover

It has been a while that I work on ASAs in a meaningful way.  Today I was helping out a…

By Manny Fernandez

May 22, 2020

FortiClient CLI for Linux using Realms

Last year I wrote an article about installing FortiClient on a Linux machine.  There were two options; CLI and GUI.  Today…

By Manny Fernandez

May 18, 2020

Converting a PPK file to a PEM file

Have you ever had someone deploy a device in AWS and they chose the .PPK option to save the key.  Then…

By Manny Fernandez

May 17, 2020

Anti-SPAM Feature on FortiGate Firewalls

Normally, I position FortiMail for anti-SPAM at customers.  However, today I decided to play with the Anti-SPAM feature on the…

By Manny Fernandez

May 16, 2020

VWire with FortiGate Firewalls

Although the FortGate CAN operate in transparent mode, I rarely used/use it.  Fortinet introduced VWire which is a layer 2 pair…

By Manny Fernandez

May 14, 2020

Built-In “IPerf” on the FortiGate Firewall

I happen to love iperf.  Iperf is a tool that has been around for a long time.  The idea is…

By Manny Fernandez

May 14, 2020

Limiting Protocols in FortiGate Web Access Portal VPN

When you connect to a FortiGate in Web Portal mode, by default, you are able to create bookmarks using HTTP/HTTPS,…

By Manny Fernandez

May 12, 2020

Workflow: Auto Saving Mail Attachments from Specific People

I have a colleague that sends out an inventory report daily at 1:00AM.  I want to save this information because…

By Manny Fernandez

May 12, 2020

Doing “IP Chicken” from the CLI

OK, so it is not REALLY IPChicken, but I need to equate it to something.  I use www.ipchiken.com but there are…

By Manny Fernandez

May 11, 2020

Connect to both Fortigates in an HA Cluster Separately

When you configure a FortiGate in HA, normally, there is no way connect to the second box unless you ssh…

By Manny Fernandez

May 6, 2020

How I Share my Fujitsu iX1500 with my family

In the past, I had a Fujitsu iX500 scanner.  It was attached to an iMac in my old office at…

By Manny Fernandez

May 5, 2020

My Home Office Setup 2020

A few months ago before the pandemic and the Great Lockdown of 2020, I started a project to rebuild my…

By Manny Fernandez

May 4, 2020

Installing Tripp lite USB to Serial Adapter on macOS X

Since I got the new laptop, I had to install the driver for my Tripp Lite USB to Serial adapter. …

By Manny Fernandez

May 3, 2020

My Jobs Script and How to Automate It

For years and years, I would create a folder for a customer, then I would create a sub folder for…

By Manny Fernandez

May 3, 2020

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