A Pub? In the Garden?
KB ID 0001744 Garden Pub During lockdown in 2020 I decided that seeing as I could not go to the pub, it would be a better idea to have one of my own. I’m not a builder, but being an ex Royal Engineer I’ve got enough know how to turn my hands to most things. (Disclaimer: If you’re going to do you own electrics, get it checked by an electrician!) Laminate and Skirting (update 19th Apr 2021 How Do I Get Internet to My...
FortiGate Certificates Missing?
KB ID 0001743 Problem Nice quick easy one today, while setting up SSL VPNs for a client I needed to import their Root CA certificate, and found the Fortigate Certificates Missing? Usually they are under System > Certificates. But the tab was simply not there? Solution: Fortigate Certificates Missing Fortunately it was simple to fix, it’s a ‘feature’ you simply need to ‘enable’. Go to System >...
FortiGate Port Forwarding
KB ID 0001742 Problem I was back on the tools again today setting up FortiGate Port Forwarding! This was for one of our partners that I have to do some remote work for, so I temporarily needed to get onto their servers. Normally I’d just SSL VPN in, (but that’s what I’m setting up!) So to get onto their servers I had to setup a port forward for RDP. WARNING: Port forwarding RDP from ALL / Any is a BAD IDEA...
Replacing Cisco Firewalls with Fortinet Firewalls
KB ID 0001741 Replacing Cisco If you’ve been following articles on the site you will know that the focus of the firewall related output is shifting from Cisco ASA / Cisco FirePOWER to Fortinet (FortiGate) firewalls. This article is so you can make an informed choice about what you want to replace your Cisco firewall with. Note: I’m starting with SOHO and Small Business sized firewalls, but I will extend this to...
VMware ESX – Sockets and Cores (Logical Processors)
KB ID 0001124 Problem While explaining to a client the difference between Sockets, Cores, Logical processors, I had to revisit this post today, so I updated it for vSphere7 Calculating Sockets and Cores Essentially; A: Processor Sockets: The Physical amount of CPUs on the motherboard. B: Cores Per Socket: For a dual core processor this would be 2, triple core=3, quad core = 4, hex core = 6, octa core=8, deca core=12, etc. C: Logical...