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Explorer III
October 16, 2017
Question

FortiOS 5.6.2 - Feedback

  • October 16, 2017
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I see that 5.6 adds some additional features. I have not tried any firmware beyond 5.4.5. What experience are those that are using 5.6.2 having? Would you recommend upgrading from 5.4.5 to 5.6.2 at this point?

    3 replies

    emnoc
    emnoc
    New Member
    October 16, 2017

    No I would  run 5.4.5 in a production environment unless you extremely have to use v5.6.x. Also most of FortiOS v5.6.2 are bug fixes. New features typically come out in the parent  version.

     

    SecurityPlus
    SecurityPlusAuthor
    Explorer III
    October 16, 2017

    Thank you. What are the primary reasons that you would wait to deploy 5.6.2?

    FatalHalt
    FatalHalt
    New Member
    October 17, 2017

    In general, the best practice with Fortinet firmware is to wait until patch 3-5 of a new version before using it, the first few GA releases are usually pretty buggy. Thus it's just being cautious to recommend waiting. I'm with Emnoc personally, I would stick to 5.4.5 for a few more months. 

    apandea
    apandea
    New Member
    October 22, 2017

    Hello

    I recently updated my FortiGate 90D to 5.6.2. I primarily use the device for site to site vpn. With the new firmware, there is no more the column: Uptime on IPsec Monitor.

     

    Has anyone encounter this?

     

    Dear FortiGate team, I would be grateful if same can be brought back as it is very useful. It gives an indication on the duration of the site to site vpn connection in cases of dynamic public IP addresses are being used (site to site vpn using Fortinet DDNS).

     

    Thanking you very much.

     

    Regards

    Ashvin

    mramakers
    mramakers
    New Member
    October 23, 2017

    Hi,

     

    I just upgraded a FG60D in v5.6.2.

    It's in a PoC with VPN IPsec, IPS, AV, and I don't have any issue for now since this upgrade last week.

     

    O'course, I can't see these logs in my FAZ200D in FortiOS 5.2.10. But all the rest of my FGs are also in 5.2.10, so...

     

    Regards.

    Fullmoon
    Fullmoon
    New Member
    October 23, 2017

    last month updated our FGT 1000C (HA A-A) running from 5.4.5 to 5.6.2 i haven't received performance issue so far. (cross finger) ;)

     

     

    Salas
    Salas
    New Member
    November 20, 2017

    IPS crached, and traffic stoped flow using rule where IPS was tuned on.

     

     

    611-03 10:49  Pid: 02194, application: ipsengine 03.430, Firmware: FortiGate-60D v5.6.2,build1486b1486,170816 (GA) (Release), Signal 11 received, Backtrace: [0x3135af94] [0x3135d3a4] [0x313684bc] [0x312ba3ac] [0x312d1ca8] [0x007f60d0] [0x0080c86c] [0x00023d2c] [0x0080d788] [0x0080ddc8] [0x00023d2c] [0x00029650] [0x00026c7c] [0x00026ec4] [0x000289ec] [0x00029268] [0x301c5bc4]Application crashed711-03 10:49  Pid: 02192, application: ipsengine 03.430, Firmware: FortiGate-60D v5.6.2,build1486b1486,170816 (GA) (Release), Signal 11 received, Backtrace: [0x3135af94] [0x3135d3a4] [0x313684bc] [0x312ba3ac] [0x312d1ca8] [0x007f60d0] [0x0080c86c] [0x00023d2c] [0x0080d788] [0x0080ddc8] [0x00023d2c] [0x00029650] [0x00026c7c] [0x00026ec4] [0x000289ec] [0x00029268] [0x301c5bc4]Application crashed811-03 10:49  Pid: 02190, application: ipsengine 03.430, Firmware: FortiGate-60D v5.6.2,build1486b1486,170816 (GA) (Release), Signal 11 received, Backtrace: [0x3135af94] [0x3135d3a4] [0x313684bc] [0x312ba3ac] [0x312d1ca8] [0x007f60d0] [0x0080c86c] [0x00023d2c] [0x0080d788] [0x0080ddc8] [0x00023d2c] [0x00029650] [0x00026c7c] [0x00026ec4] [0x000289ec] [0x00029268] [0x301c5bc4]Application crashed911-03 10:49  Pid: 02188, application: ipsengine 03.430, Firmware: FortiGate-60D v5.6.2,build1486b1486,170816 (GA) (Release), Signal 11 received, Backtrace: [0x3135af94] [0x3135d3a4] [0x313684bc] [0x312ba3ac] [0x312d1ca8] [0x007f60d0] [0x0080c86c] [0x00023d2c] [0x0080d788] [0x0080ddc8] [0x00023d2c] [0x00029650] [0x00026c7c] [0x00026ec4] [0x000289ec] [0x00029268] [0x301c5bc4]Application crashed1011-03 10:49  Pid: 02186, application: ipsengine 03.430, Firmware: FortiGate-60D v5.6.2,build1486b1486,170816 (GA) (Release), Signal 11 received, Backtrace: [0x3135af94] [0x3135d3a4] [0x313684bc] [0x312ba3ac] [0x312d1ca8] [0x007f60d0] [0x0080c86c] [0x00023d2c] [0x0080d788] [0x0080ddc8] [0x00023d2c] [0x00029650] [0x00026c7c] [0x00026ec4] [0x000289ec] [0x00029268] [0x301c5bc4]Application crashed1111-03 10:49  Pid: 02184, application: ipsengine 03.430, Firmware: FortiGate-60D v5.6.2,build1486b1486,170816 (GA) (Release), Signal 11 received, Backtrace: [0x3135af94] [0x3135d3a4] [0x313684bc] [0x312ba3ac] [0x312d1ca8] [0x007f60d0] [0x0080c
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