By default all Fortinet FortiGates are in Profile-based NGFW mode. There is nothing wrong with the default mode. However, I personally prefer policy mode more. Profile mode works like most firewalls like SonicWall, pfSense and UniFi for example. All your rules are based on ports. Policy mode works like Palo Alto Networks firewalls. All your…
The default setup of a Fortinet FortiGate is Profile mode. Here’s step-by-step how to change a FortiGate from Profile Mode to Policy Mode. Due to the significant change between the two mode you will need to rebuild all your rules. Notes The Process
There are many ways to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) one of them is with IIS. What if you don’t have IIS or you want to be stubborn and not use IIS at all? In this post I will detail step-by-step how to generate a CSR using MMC (Microsoft Management Console).
In this post I’ll show you step-by-step how to install the VMware Horizon Connection Server on-premises specifically version 2303 (other versions will follow a very similar process). Prerequisites The Process
I’ve recently reached an exciting milestone. I became a VMware vExpert! vExpert is a program run by VMware, it’s for people that want to give back to the VMware community, which can be done via a multitude of ways one of them being blogging like this very website. Anyone and everyone can apply, I highly…
Everything in AD (Active Directory) has a Distinguished Name. A Distinguished Name can be used in many situations such as setting up an application to use a service account or adding AD groups or users into applications and so much more. A Distinguished Name is also known as a DN. A benefit of an using…
For whatever reason the default fresh setup of Microsoft 365 has no audit logging turned on. Audit logging is very useful for IT troubleshooting and auditors love logs. Microsoft says that it is enabled by default for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 enterprise organizations. I suspect that means only if you have E1 or higher.…
If you have an older Lenovo server with a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) it may be running with TPM version 1.2 and not TPM version 2.0. One of many reasons to upgrade your TPM is because TPM 2.0 is needed to install ESXi 8. In this post I will show you how to update the…
In this post I will detail how to resolve the Palo Alto commit error when trying to commit a predefined IP list. Below is an example of the error Validation Error:external-list -> Palo Alto Networks Tor exit IP Addresses -> type -> predefined-ip -> url ‘panw-torexit-ip-list’ is not a valid referenceexternal-list -> Palo Alto Networks…
In this post I will show you how to upgrade your switch running Onyx (MLNX-OS). I will detail how to do it via command line and via the web interface. The best way to make sure your upgrade is a success is to plan your upgrade path. I recommend following the upgrade paths as sometimes…
