Fortinet GURU
  • Fortinet GURU
  • About Me
  • Where Fortinet Is Messing Up
  • Fortinet GURU Forums
  • Consulting Services
  • FortinetGURU @ YouTube
  • Fortinet GURU
  • About Me
  • Where Fortinet Is Messing Up
  • Fortinet GURU Forums
  • Consulting Services
  • FortinetGURU @ YouTube

Shutting Down – FortiOS 5.2 Best Practices

Shutting down Always shut down the FortiGate operating system properly before turning off the power switch to avoid potentially catastrophic hardware problems. To power off the FortiGate unit – web-based manager: 1. Go to System > Status. 2. In the System Resources widget, select Shutdown. To power off the FortiGate […]

March 5, 2016March 6, 2016 FortiOS, FortiOS 5.2 Best Practices No Comments

Performance – FortiOS 5.2 Best Practices

Performance Disable any management features you do not need. If you don’t need SSH or SNMP, disable them. SSH also provides another possibility for would-be hackers to infiltrate your FortiGate unit. Put the most used firewall rules to the top of the interface list. Log only necessary traffic. The writing […]

March 5, 2016March 6, 2016 FortiOS, FortiOS 5.2 Best Practices No Comments

General Considerations – FortiOS 5.2 Best Practices

General Considerations 1. For security purposes, NAT mode is preferred because all of the internal or DMZ networks can have secure private addresses. NAT mode policies use network address translation to hide the addresses in a more secure zone from users in a less secure zone. 2. Use virtual domains […]

March 5, 2016March 6, 2016 FortiOS, FortiOS 5.2 Best Practices No Comments

Posts navigation

1 … 355 356

Latest Videos


One Way VOIP Audio Quick Fix



SD-WAN and Use Cases



Importing Policy to FortiManager



Importing Policy to FortiManager



Importing Policy to FortiManager



Don't Use FortiOS 6.2.4



FortiGate Application Control



Free Fortinet Training!



I Hate This Damn Device!


Straight From The GURU

  • Before and Afters
  • Businesss Suggestions
  • Buy Fortinet Hardware
  • Consulting Stories
  • Fortinet GURU
  • FortinetGURU Videos
  • How To
  • Network Photos
  • Personal Network
  • Questions
  • Tips and Tricks

Fortinet Documentation

  • Administration Guides
  • FortiAnalyzer
  • FortiAP
  • FortiAuthenticator
  • FortiBalancer
  • FortiBridge
  • FortiCache
  • FortiCamera
  • FortiCarrier
  • FortiClient
  • FortiCloud
  • FortiConverter
  • FortiCore
  • FortiExplorer
  • FortiExtender
  • FortiGate
  • FortiGuard
  • FortiGuard News
  • FortiHypervisor
  • FortiMail
  • FortiManager
  • Fortinet
  • Fortinet Datasheets
  • Fortinet Videos
  • FortiOS
  • FortiOS 5.2 Best Practices
  • FortiOS 5.4 Best Practices
  • FortiOS 5.4 Handbook
  • FortiOS 5.6
  • FortiPlanner
  • FortiPresence
  • FortiRecorder
  • FortiSandbox
  • FortiSIEM
  • FortiSwitch
  • FortiToken
  • FortiView
  • Fortivoice
  • FortiWAN
  • FortiWeb
  • Product Info
  • Release Notes
  • Third Party Reports
  • Vulnerabilities

Important Links

  • FortinetGuru @ Youtube
  • Buy Fortinet Hardware
  • Fortinet GURU Forums
  • Fortinet Cookbook
  • Office of The CISO

Recent Posts

  • FortiOS 6.6 Brings LTS and Mike Got Fat!
  • Collectors and Analyzers – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • High Availability – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • Two-factor authentication – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • Global Admin – GUI Language – Idle Timeout – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • Global Admin – Password Policy – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • Global administration settings – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • SAML admin authentication – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • Remote authentication server groups – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
  • TACACS+ servers – FortiAnalyzer – FortiOS 6.2.3
Fortinet GURU is not owned by or affiliated with Fortinet. | IT Services are provided by Plaric IT, LLC | Subscribe To The YouTube Channel!.