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FORTIGATE ACTIVE PASSIVE UPGRADE : This blog post shows the detailed procedures to follow and to upgrade the firmware in the Fortigate Firewall. This Post was supports for any platform or the Version you are going to upgrade in the Fortigate Firewall This Post was divided into three parts : Pre-Upgrade Process Upgrade Process Post-Upgrade Process PRE UPGRADE STEPS: 1   1)     Go to the below website and check the Upgrade Path https://docs.fortinet.com/upgrade-tool 2)        Next Login to the Fortigate Console and check the HA Status ( it is to be In sync and higher Priority enabled for the required primary device) 3)        Login to the Console and give the command Config global – get sys ha status Also check session pickup is in enable to avoid session interruptions in failover. 4)        Download all the Firmware’s and the md5 files in the list and ch...

Using Internet Service in policy  : Fortigate This recipe shows how to apply a predefined Internet Service entry into a policy. The Internet Service Database is a comprehensive public IP address database that combines IP address range, IP owner, service port number, and IP security credibility. The data comes from the FortiGuard service system. Information is regularly added to this database, for example, geographic location, IP reputation, popularity & DNS, and so on. All this information helps users define Internet security more effectively. You can use the contents of the database as criteria for inclusion or exclusion in a policy. From FortiOS version 5.6, Internet Service is included in the firewall policy. It can be applied to a policy only as a destination object. From version 6.0, Internet Service can be applied both as source and destination objects in a policy. You can also apply Internet Services to shaping policy. There are three types of Internet Services...