Posts tagged "fortinet"

• Blocked Webserver Behind Fortiguard

  2025/11/27 — alex — cert-error fortinet

  Problem: A newly setup web server with working https cert is not reachable by some people with a certificate error. Discussion: After checking the cert info, you can see that the cert issuer is not the real one but FortiNet. The user is behind a FortiGuard firewall with WebFilter. Paranoid FortiGuard sysadmins may b...

• FortiGate HA Synchronization Fail

  2019/02/08 — alex — fortigate ha synchronize fortinet

  Problem: Two FortiGate firewall show "not synchonized" in the HA status. Discussion: the problem with this is, that FortiGate does not show why it fails. I found no log file with a reasonable error message. So I tried to synchronize the config myself, which is exactly what should NOT be necessary when using HA synch...

• Annoyances While Setting Up FortiGate 100E

  2019/01/19 — alex — 100e fortigate fortinet

  After unboxing and starting two Fortigate 100E firewalls the following things failed. Fortinet should really work on QA I think: When starting the Webgui for the first time the box asks to register or login to activate the box. I tried to register and the box asks so many questions, doesn't Fortinet know GDPR ? Don'...