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Manually Uninstalling FortiClient on MacOS

Recently I did the Catalina Upgrade to both of my MacBook Pros.  FortiClient was working on both.  Then on ONE…

By Manny Fernandez

October 18, 2019

Removing the ZSH warning on macOS Catalina

OK, so Apple just release (couple of days as of this writing) the macOS Catalina.  Catalina now uses the ZSH…

By Manny Fernandez

October 11, 2019

Standalone FortiExtender Walkthrough

Today I was playing around with the FortiExtender and logged in to the device itself.  For those not familiar with…

By Manny Fernandez

October 2, 2019

Upgrading Ubuntu 18.0.4 LTS to 19.0.4

If you are running Ubuntu 18.0.4 LTS you CAN upgrade to 19.0.4.  LTS is long-term support while the non-LTS is…

By Manny Fernandez

October 2, 2019

WiFi Best Practices Part 1

Credit: This article was written by a friend and colleague Bryan Wolski.  He is a great asset to our team…

By Manny Fernandez

September 25, 2019

FortiVoice Enterprise Upgrade to 6x

Disclaimer: This is a new release and may contain bugs.  I do NOT recommend upgrading to it in a full…

By Manny Fernandez

September 25, 2019

Interacting with a decoy in FortiDeceptor

Yesterday, I wrote a post showing how to deploy a Decoy and the Lures .  It did not show any of the…

By Manny Fernandez

September 24, 2019

Deploying a Decoy in FortiDeceptor

For those not familiar with FortiDeceptor, it is a fairly new product but has been adopted by some of my…

By Manny Fernandez

September 23, 2019

Using Dynamic Address Lists in Fortigate Firewalls using 6.2.+

In 6.0, Fortinet released the ability to pull IP addresses from a web-server and use them in the configuration.  However…

By Manny Fernandez

September 20, 2019

Installing Tor on Ubuntu 19.04 and Windows 10

Yesterday I wrote a post about installing Tor on macOS.  I got a lot of feedback about other OS's.  I…

By Manny Fernandez

September 19, 2019

Login Banner on Fortigate Firewalls

Not only is it good InfoSec Hygiene but most regulatory bodies require login banners.  With the Fortigate, it is easy…

By Manny Fernandez

September 19, 2019

Setting Up Tor On macOS

Tor is an Open-Source project created in the 90's by United States Naval Research Laboratory.  Tor give you a level…

By Manny Fernandez

September 18, 2019

Installing and Configuring FSSO

Fortinet Single Sign On or FSSO as it is called, is an agent that is installed on a Windows server…

By Manny Fernandez

September 13, 2019

Adding DNS Suffix to your SSL VPN

Many times you set up an SSL VPN connection to the office and you try to connect to mail however, even…

By Manny Fernandez

September 10, 2019

Using Let’sEncrypt with Fortigate Firewalls

Wanted to socialize this important Blog Post from my friend and colleague Matt Sherif.  In this post, he describes how…

By Manny Fernandez

September 9, 2019

Using Active Directory Groups to Control Web Content Policies

This is another question I get asked a lot.  When customers first deploy a Fortigate firewall and they have migrated…

By Manny Fernandez

September 9, 2019

How we used Fortinet to host a CTF (Capture the Flag)

Every years, the South Florida ISSA puts on a Capture the Flag / Chili Cook Off event.  For the past…

By Manny Fernandez

September 7, 2019

VPN Hair-Pinning on Fortigate Firewalls

Here is an issue I get questions about all the time. Use Case Customer has two VPNs. Customer wants to…

By Manny Fernandez

September 3, 2019

Reverse Path Forwarding on Fortigate Firewalls

What is spoofing?  Back in the days of security being on routers via ACLs, we would regularly fool the routers…

By Manny Fernandez

September 2, 2019

My macOS Apps for 2019

In this post, I will go over some of the macOS Apps I use regularly to keep my sanity.  …

By Manny Fernandez

August 28, 2019

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