Thursday, August 09, 2007
FortiMail 3.0 Avaialble for Download
Monday, August 06, 2007
Fortinet announces FortiMail Version 3.0
It looks like Fortinet would like to have all products to be branded as version 3.x and this is the only reason to switch from 2.x to 3.x
According to documents released FortiMail 3.0 have the following new functionality:
- Upgraded kernel to address software RAID issues on the FortiMail-400
- A global Bayesian database
- Multiple antispam actions per antispam profile
- System quarantine support for outgoing email
- Bayesian scan support for outgoing email
- GUI access for the system quarantine administration user
- Email alias enhancements to allow an alias list to contain itself as a member
- Aggressive image scanning
- RBL renamed to DNSBL
- Domain configuration enhancements to allow the local domain to be the same as the mail server's domain
- DDNS enhancements
- Relay server SMTP authentication support
- GUI enhancements to allow accessing a profile directly from the policy page
- Support for a second syslog server
- Support for AV updates through an HTTPS proxy
- Greylisting improvements to make the initial expiry period configurable, increase the supported greylist database entries on high end units and bypass greylisting for an authorized client
- An option to reset custom messages to defaults
- Support to customize the spam report subject line and the Webmail login banner
- A re-ordering of the black/whitelist processing order
- Dictionary and banned word logging improvements to add the word that triggered the filter to the log message
- Portuguese language support added for Webmail
Saturday, July 28, 2007
FortiOS 3.0 MR5 for FG-50A & FG-60 (Release Candidate)
Finally Fortinet revealed a release candidate of memory-optimized build of MR5 for low-end models:
- FortiGate-50A
- FortiGate-60/60M/60ADSL
- FortiWiFi-60/60A/60AM
Build is available for download from Support FTP. Please note that this build is still a Release Candidate 4/Beta build and it is not recommended for production systems. Build number is 0559.
We already downloaded and installed this build to one of our test boxes. Memory usage is slightly higher that with Memory-Optimized build of MR3 (66% against 57% in our configuration with several VDOM's), but it is still OK for most of SMB/SOHO applications.
- New Dashboard with customizable layout
- Enhanced VDOM's: changed configuration and per-VDOM Protection Profiles
- Authentication now can be tuned per protocol and performed per single policy
- Packets/Bytes counters per policy
- PKI Authentication Enhancements
- Better VoIP support with SIP, SIMPLE and SCCP (Cisco Skinny)
- FortiGuard Management&Analysis Service Support
- Interface Aliases
- Support of any USB Flash Disk (Only FortiUSB branded disks were supported before)
- Many Routing Enhancements for NAT, Multicast, OSPF and BGP
- IPv6 IPSec support
- and many more!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
FortiGate-60B Full Specification - Compared to FG-60
Here is the full comparison of new FortiGate-60B to older FortiGate-60:
Parameter | FortiGate-60B | FortiGate-60 |
---|---|---|
LAN Switch Interfaces | 6 | 4 |
WAN Interfaces | 2 | 2 |
DMZ Interfaces | 1 | 1 |
Analog Modem | Yes | On FG-60M |
WiFi Interface | On FW-60B | On FW-60 |
Built-in ADSL Modem | No | On FG-60ADSL |
USB Ports | 2 | 2 |
PC Card Slot | Yes | No |
RAM | 256MB | 128MB |
Firewall Performance | 100Mbps | 70Mbps |
3DES VPN Performance | 64Mbps | 20Mbps |
Antivirus Throughput | 20Mbps | 15Mbps |
Maximum Session | 70,000 | 50,000 |
New Sessions/Second | 3,000 | 2,000 |
VPN Tunnels | 50 | 50 |
Dimensions (HxWxL) | 1.75x10.87x6.13in | 1.38x8.63x6.13in |
Weight | 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg) | 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg) |
As you can see FortiGate-60B adds more power, but you should note that it is bigger and heavier (the same size as FortiGate-100).
Monday, July 23, 2007
FortiAnalyzer now supports ext3 File System
Please check the Release Notes document before formatting disks as you will need to restore RVS Engine & Plugins afterwards. Also doing a backup before formatting disks is highly recommended.
Starting from MR4 you can also speed-up the FortiAnalyzer by indexing ext3 file system: this is done by "diagnose sys filesystem fsfix" CLI command. Please note that this command execution will reboot FortiAnalyzer and might take time.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
FortiGate-60B Adds More Power and 3G HSDPA/EV-DO Connectivity
According to non-confirmed information FortiGate-60B provides following advantages over older FG-60:
- More Ports: 6-port switch on Internal interface instead of 4. Also 2xWAN and DMZ ports as on FG-60.
- More Power: Significantly increased CPU/ASIC power: FW Performance 100Mbps, 3DES VPN Performance 64Mbps, AV Performance 20Mbps.
- More Memory: FG-60B have 256MB RAM, you can forget about 80% memory usage right after start-up.
- More Connectivity: FG-60B comes with built-in analog modem (previously available only on separate model FG-60M) and PCMCIA open slot for 3G UMTS/HSDPA/EV-DO card (card is not included). There is no detailed information available on cards/operators supported. FortiWiFi-60B comes with 802.11 a/b/g Access Point built-in.
To summarize: Fortinet delivers a new SOHO/Branch Office device that brings together all UTM Functionality (Firewall, IPSec & SSL VPN, IDS/IDP, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam) plus gives you 2 WAN connections for regular Internet connections, analog and/or 3G backup connection and WiFi.
FortiGate-60B have the same size and looks as older FortiGate-60.
On 17.07.2007 Fortinet posted an official FortiOS 3.0 MR5 Build 559 for FortiGate-60B and FortiWiFi-60B on their support site.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Using FortiClient? Upgrade to 3.0 MR5 now!
Also because of this you can enable hourly AV update - this is quite important as new worms are spreading rapidly now and daily updates can leave you unprotected!
In addition you will get few additional nice features:
- Better AV scanning performance
- Automatic scanning of new removable media
- Critical FortiClient patches will be downloaded and installed automatically
- Per-user Web Filtering profiles
- Startup list monitoring on 64-bit Windows
- Config lock-down with a password
- No need to reboot after first installation (you will still have to reboot after upgrading from previous version)
- Windows Server 2008 Beta and Citrix supported
Why wait? Go and upgrade now!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Windows Media Player on Checkpoint UTM-1
Don't try it with your FortiGate ;)
Monday, March 26, 2007
Memory Optimised Build for FortiGate-50A/60
According to number of people who already deployed this build memory usage drops significantly: from ~80% to ~60%.
Memory Optimised Build 410 is available for download from Tech Support FTP.