Matt Sherif
Use Case Explorer - Part 1 - On boot VPN using machine/computer certs, and post login SAML VPN
Some IT organizations like to image laptops and ship them out to remote users without having to cache user credentials. For organizations...
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Matt Sherif
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Use Case Explorer - Terminate SSLVPN to loopback
Terminating SSL VPN to a loopback offers a lot more flexibility by means of security, filtering and inspection. In this video we take a...
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Matt Sherif
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Use Case Explorer - FortiSASE Secure Private Access (SPA)
Update: As I was deploying my other spokes I realized spoke to spoke connectivity wasn't establishing, and routing correctly. I have...
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Matt Sherif
- Dec 6, 2022
- 1 min
Use Case Explorer - FortiSASE SIA
In this video we take a look at Securing Internet Access - say in lieu of DNS filtering services, or zecure internet access services....
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Matt Sherif
- Nov 26, 2022
- 1 min
FortiOS Conditional API Call using iOS Shortcuts
A colleague of mine asked a question "can you enabl/disable a policy using the FortiOS API with the iOS shortcuts app?". It turns out...
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Matt Sherif
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
Things that scare you
I had a customer call me panicking that their FortiGate CPU was pegged at 100%, while sitting idle. My first question was "What firmware...
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Matt Sherif
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
How To: MC-LAG with FortiGate Switch Controller
In this video we take a look at how you can set up MC-LAG on FortiGate managed FortiSwitches. Thank you for watching, I hope this helps.
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Matt Sherif
- Aug 31, 2022
- 1 min
UltraBit - Get Factory Default Configuration for any FortiGate
Let's say you had to prepare a configuration for a FortiGate not in your possession. Typically a good starting point is the factory...
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Matt Sherif
- Jun 14, 2022
- 1 min
Intro to FortiGate Series 3.5 - Setup Decisions part 2
In this video we follow on from the previous module, adding a high level look at VDOMs and admin accounts.
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Matt Sherif
- Jun 14, 2022
- 1 min
Intro to FortiGate Series Module 3: Setup decisions
In this video we take a look at a few setup decisions that should be made prior to putting a FortiGate into production.
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Matt Sherif
- May 26, 2022
- 1 min
Intro to FortiGate Series Module 2: Initial configuration
Starting where we left off in Module 1, we take a look at: Factory Reset / Log disk format WAN/LAN Addressing LAN Services (DHCP, DNS,...
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Matt Sherif
- May 19, 2022
- 1 min
Intro to FortiGate series
Fortinet has come a long way in 22 years. And as they've started to lead in the network and cybersecurity market, I wanted to create a...
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Matt Sherif
- Mar 22, 2022
- 1 min
UltraNote: Some Unknown Error during SAML Single Logout
In a couple of my posts I noted that the Single Logout would need to be signed, and seemed to work fine despite a message that's...
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Matt Sherif
- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
Implementation Guide: FortiGate SSL VPN with Okta MFA using SAML
You may be wondering didn't you already post a redirect to Kim Frellsen's blog on this? Yes, yes I did. Here's the thing though, I came...
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Matt Sherif
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
UltraNote: AD FS SSL VPN Clock Skew
In assisting a customer with the AD FS configuration we encountered some difficulties in redirection. The particular issue looked like...
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Matt Sherif
- Feb 26, 2022
- 5 min
FortiGate SSL VPN Authentication with AD FS
Update: including steps for tunnel based VPN as well. Update 3/10: updated assumptions I am starting to think we've pretty much covered...
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Matt Sherif
- Jan 24, 2022
- 3 min
FortiClient Cloud - API Access
I'd first like to start off this post by wishing everyone a happy and safe new year! It's been almost 3 months since my last post, things...
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Matt Sherif
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
UltraNote: Let's Encrypt certs in FortiOS 7.0.2
To stay sharp, I find myself rebuilding my lab from time to time. This latest run I did so with FortiOS 7.0.2. One of the first things I...
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Matt Sherif
- Oct 29, 2021
- 3 min
Using physical FortiTokens with Azure AD
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), something that we should all be doing more of, yet I don't see enough of it! Without going too far...
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Matt Sherif
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
UltraNote: SAML SSL VPN settings changes
I spent the better part of 2 hours chasing this down, and it frustrated me. In my lab, I am running 7.0.2 and was rebuilding my SSL VPN...
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