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Category Archives: Fortinet GURU
5 Simple Security Hardening Tips
This video discusses some simple security hardening tips and changes that I recommend doing on new FortiGates that are being deployed.
System Settings – FortiAnalyzer – Changing the Host Name
Changing the host name
The host name of the FortiAnalyzer unit is used in several places.
l It appears in the System Information widget on the dashboard. l It is used in the command prompt of the CLI. l It is used as the SNMP system name.
The System Information widget and the get system status CLI command will display the full host name. However, if the host name is longer than 16 characters, the CLI and other places display the host name in a truncated form ending with a tilde ( ~ ) to indicate that additional characters exist, but are not displayed. For example, if the host name is FortiAnalyzer1234567890, the CLI prompt would be FortiAnalyzer123456~#.
To change the host name:
- Go to System Settings > Dashboard.
- In the System Information widget, click the edit host name button next to the Host Name
- In the Host Name box, type a new host name.
The host name may be up to 35 characters in length. It may include US-ASCII letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores. Spaces and special characters are not allowed.
- Click the checkmark to change the host name.
5 Simple Security Hardening Tips For Your FortiGate Admin Access
A lot of people are using the default account, ports, and much more for administrative access. This video will go into detail on how to secure that a bit to help lighten your threat of a compromise to your administrative accounts.
How to import FortiGate policy to a FortiManager (FortiOS 6.2.3)
This video goes over some of the steps and explains how to import policy into the FortiManager from a FortiGate that has already been unleashed into the wild.
Stop Using 3rd Party VPN Clients
There are a lot of folks out there spending a lot of money on SSL VPN solutions when they have the feature built into the FortiGate already. Watch this video discussing this.
Remote Access via SSL VPN on FortiOS 6.4
This video explains how to configure remote access on a FortiGate running FortiOS 6.4
Basic FortiGate Configuration on FortiOS 6.4.0
The below video goes into detail on how to perform a basic configuration on a FortiGate running FortiOS 6.4.0