FortiGuard Open Ports
FortiGuard Open Ports
| Incoming Ports
Purpose |
Protocol/Port | |
| FortiAuthenticator | AV/IPS Updates | TCP/443 |
| Virus Sample | TCP/25 | |
| SMS, FTM, Licensing, Policy Override Authentication, URL/AS Updates | TCP/443 | |
| Registration | TCP/80 | |
| FortiClient | AV Update & Registration | TCP/80 |
| URL/AS Rating, DNS, FDN, FortiGuard Queries | UDP/53, UDP/8888 | |
| FortiCloud | Registration | TCP/443 |
| FortiGate | AV/IPS Update, Management, Firmware, SMS, FTM, Licensing, Policy Override | TCP/443, TCP/8890 |
| Cloud App DB | TCP/9582 (flow.fortinet.net) | |
| FortiGuard Queries, DNS | UDP/53, UDP/8888 | |
| Registration | TCP/80 | |
| Alert Emails, Virus Sample | TCP/25 | |
| Central Management, Analysis | TCP/541 | |
| FortiMail | AS Rating | UDP/53 |
| AV/AS Update | TCP/443 | |
| FortiManager | AV/IPS Updates, URL/AS Update,
Firmware, SMS, FTM, Licensing, Policy Override Authentication |
TCP/443 |
| Registration | TCP/80 | |
| FortiSandbox
(FortiSandbox will use a random port picked by the kernel) |
FortiGuard Distribution Servers | TCP/8890 |
| FortiGuard Web Filtering Servers | UDP/53, UDP/8888 |
FortiGuard Open Ports
| Outgoing Ports
Purpose |
Protocol/Port | |
| FortiGate | Management | TCP/541 |
| AV/IPS | UDP/9443 | |
| FortiMail | AV Push | UDP/9443 |
| FortiManager | AV/IPS | UDP/9443 |
| Incoming Ports
Purpose |
Protocol/Port | |
| Admin by Console or PC | TCP/443 or TCP/80 or TCP/22 or TCP/23 |
| Outgoing Ports
Purpose |
Protocol/Port | |
| FortiGuard | Registration | TCP/443 |
Having trouble configuring your Fortinet hardware or have some questions you need answered? Check Out The Fortinet Guru Youtube Channel! Want someone else to deal with it for you? Get some consulting from Fortinet GURU!