Matt Sherif
FortiGate SSL VPN Integration with OKTA MFA using SAML
My colleague from Denmark, Kim Frellsen did an excellent write up on how to use OKTA as your MFA with FortiGate SSL VPN. I hope you enjoy...
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Matt Sherif
- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
FortiGate SSL VPN with Azure MFA using SAML
In a previous post we talked about setting up FortiGate SSL VPN authentication and Azure MFA using Azure MFA extension for NPS, which...
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Matt Sherif
- Aug 10, 2020
- 7 min
FortiGate SSL VPN with Azure AD MFA
I have been working with a number of customer recently, and one question kept recurring "We have a tight integration with Azure/Azure AD...
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Matt Sherif
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
UltraNote: Exporting and Importing VPN Configuration in FortiClient VPN
I've had a number of customers ask me if there's any way to use CLI commands to export the free FortiClient VPN configs. In my digging I...
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Matt Sherif
- Jun 23, 2020
- 1 min
UltranNote: SCP config from FortiGate
Having administered a number of networking/sever platforms, SCP has become my go to for secure copying of small files to *nix based...
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Matt Sherif
- Jun 10, 2020
- 6 min
Crazy Man Rambles: The post that might get me kicked off WIX
Update 6/11/2020: WIX support reached out to me last night and told me they were investigating. As of 9:30 AM Eastern this remains...
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Matt Sherif
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
A look at FortiManager SD-WAN Orchestrator
At Fortinet's virtual Accelerate event they made quite a few announcements. One that really stood out to many was the FortiManager SD-WAN...
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Matt Sherif
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
UltraNote: Proxy based policies and UTM get certificate error when browsing certain sites
This came to my attention over the weekend when a customer reached out and mentioned that they had called TAC because their UTM policy...
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Matt Sherif
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
Using iPerf to measure throughput to FortiGate
I was perusing my friend and colleague Manny Fernandez's blog site today and I noticed a really cool article, I couldn't pass this one...
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Matt Sherif
- May 3, 2020
- 5 min
Managing FortiSwitches using a Layer 3 FortiLink connection
A customer recently reached out to me to ask about a specific design they had in mind. Last year they had purchased a pair of switches...
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Matt Sherif
- Apr 13, 2020
- 3 min
A Madman's thoughts on upgrading a Gen 8 NUC to ESXi 7.0
In a previous post, I talked about my encounter with trying to get ESXi 6.7 installed on a NUC Gen 10. This time, I wanted to upgrade the...
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Matt Sherif
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
UltraNote: FortiClient SSL VPN Failure Stages
UltraNotes are just quick tech notes for reference. This UltraNote covers the FortiClient SSL VPN failure stages and what they mean. Big...
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Matt Sherif
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Split Tunneling on Remote FortiAP
In a previous post I highlighted the ability to use FortiAPs as remote FortiAPs, enabling remote workers to go home, simply plug a device...
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Matt Sherif
- Mar 21, 2020
- 4 min
Using your FortiAP as a Remote AP
We’re in a time that is changing the way we work. There’s no denying that COVID-19 has forced many of us to stay home. And while IT...
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Matt Sherif
- Feb 26, 2020
- 4 min
A madman's thoughts on installing ESXi on a Gen10 intel NUC
Update: I figured I'd save the next person the trouble of building the image, so you can download it here. Be advised, this image is...
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Matt Sherif
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
SSL VPN Realms
Sometimes we put the cart before the horse. My previous post was about adding a virtual host / custom FQDN to a FortiGate SSL VPN Realm....
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Matt Sherif
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Custom FQDN for SSL VPN realm
SSL VPN has become a bit of an ‘easy button’ in the world of remote access. As configuration on the client side is minimal when compared...
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Matt Sherif
- Jan 27, 2020
- 1 min
Log location in 6.2.x
One of the biggest things I noticed in 6.2 is my VPN events section disappeared in 6.2. I used to use this to rule out any phase1 issues,...
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Matt Sherif
- Jan 15, 2020
- 1 min
Configuration Scripts in 6.2.3
Shout out to my dear friend and colleague Kostas Sfakiotakis for helping me out with this one. I Was working on a new FortiGate, and I...
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Matt Sherif
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
FAP U431F doesn't come up after registration
My colleague and good friend Manny Fernandez posted this article about FAP-U431F APs not registering. As a follow up I wanted to post a...
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