My Network Security Journal

Sharing my learning and personal experience in Network Security.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Hardening a FortiGate Firewall using Copilot AI

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I used the Microsoft Copilot AI tool to help generate a list or steps in "hardening" a FortiGate firewall. Below are the results ...
Saturday, May 3, 2025

Enable Overlap IP Address in a FortiGate VDOM

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Here's a Fortinet link to enable an overlap IP address in a FortiGate VDOM. I've subnetted a public IP address range and allocated ...
Sunday, April 6, 2025

Configure Cisco Router Crypto Map Based IKEv2

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I had to reconfigure an old Cisco 800 router from a "legacy" Crypto Map (Policy Based) IKE Version 1 to a more secure IKE Version ...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Change the VLAN ID in a FortiGate Interface

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Here's a Fortinet technical guide in changing the interface VLAN ID in a FortiGate firewall. I tried changing the VLAN ID (565 > 555...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Create a Custom ICMP Service in a FortiGate Firewall

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I had to configure a firewall policy in a FortiGate firewall and wanted to restrict the ICMP or ping service since the default type is ANY ...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

FortiGate Direct Firmware Upgrade

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You can "safely" upgrade the FortiOS directly to the target firmware code if it's brand new and since it still has a default c...
Friday, December 6, 2024

Troubleshoot FortiGuard Server Connectivity

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Here's a Fortinet link in troubleshooting FortiGuard server connectivity over the Internet. I was configuring a new FortiGate firewall ...
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John Lloyd Lagura
I'm John Lloyd Lagura, a passionate Network Engineer, tech blogger and a lifelong learner. I specialize in routing, switching, security, wireless and cloud technologies. I currently hold CompTIA Network+, Security+, ITIL Foundation, Cisco CCNP Security, CCNP Enterprise, CCNA Cyber Ops, Juniper JNCIA-Junos, JNCIA-SEC, JNCIA-Design, Fortinet Network Security Professional (NSE4).
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