Fortinet Security Suite

Yeah i like it to. but i went back to MSE because of their updating. did you post a question on their forum to ask whats the deal on the updating?

thanks
Brock

 

I hat posted there that i was not happy with the way the Signatures Version where updated differently but i did not ask whether they will change it. But i just edited the post to ask if this will happen.

http://support.fortinet.com/forum/t...age=1&key=&language=&tmode=1&smode=1&s=#54172

 

This may be the dumbest question ever asked on Wilders, so please bear with me. Can the "SSL and IPSec VPN" be installed separately as a stand alone app? The reason I ask is that I have a laptop that 99% of the time uses wifi to connect to the internet as well as sometimes remotely to my work computer via wifi.

I have "hotspot shield" but have not heard a lot about it and not actually sure if it even works. The firewall I use is PC Tools 6 and I am not sure what all it provides besides stealth in untrusted networks.

I am currently happy with my present av/as set up as well as my firewall so no need to install those parts of forticlient.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

If i remember right i think you can. you can deselect the the option that you want/need.

so you can do what you asked.

 

Does anyone still use this ?

 

Detection rate is terrible: http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/rap-index.xml

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=256393

 

That Vb result confirms what I suspected about Fortinet.
PCTools didn't do very well either.

 

it never has

 

Anything new on this one?

i see they have a program update but not sure what to and what the changelog would be. Free users dont get to see that.

 

looks like they passed the AV-Labs in aug 2009

has this gotten any better?

 

Old thread, but thought I'd post a link.

Was watching some of languy's reviews, and the following was interesting (most likely posted after comments in this thread):

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FPxM9QkbtE

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6lfM4Vn880

 

So Fortinet is Open Source? Does it use its own signatures or incorporate Clam AV and some extra features?

 

its not open source, i dont thiink, but they did release a new version of the client the dec 23rd. no change log you have to be a paid customer to view it.

 

Regarding installing certain components only, if you wanted the firewall only, would all the other services still be running?

Reason I'm asking, it's a basic firewall, and when I used it last, was easy to use like good ol sygate.

acr, I've also assumed it was their own signatures.

 

End of video 2 says it is open source.

 

Maybe someone can send their support an email clarifying those details.

 

Here is a pic- I think it is about the 3 minute mark of video 2

 

just to let everyone know, the new version they now are giving everything for free expect the central management stuff

 

is it worth that?

 

lol i have no clue how the AV/AS is tho, but the web filter is strong.

 

I thought the previous reports about Forticlient also indicated the heuristics were reasonably strong albeit a few false positives. Did anyone else find out about the Open Source questions?

 

It wouild be not a bad idea to test Fortinet with LeakTest: here ( http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php ) not great performance.

 

All that popup says is that it's using OpenSSL. When they use open source code in their application they are expected (or required) to acknowledge this.

If the whole thing was open source it would be mentioned somewhere, e.g., Help -> About and you would also be able to download the source code from their site (otherwise it wouldn't be open source).

 

they seem to be updating the client often, does anyone really use this ?