Is there a Fortigate emulator for testing?

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October 10, 2011
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Hello, I know of the FortiVM virtual machine (similar to Checkpoint' s SPlat, or homegrown firewall solutions). This is, unfortunately, a true licensable, production device of course. I am wondering if Fortinet has released a FortiOS emulator. Something similar to NetApp' s Data ONTAP Simulator would be great. Does anyone know if this is something that Fortinet does or is slated to release? Thanks, Matt

ede_pfau

SuperUser

AFAIK all VMs come with a 15-day trial period for free. Which can be prolonged if you are in direct contact to a Fortinet partner.

mbrowndcmAuthor

New Member

Thanks ede. I' ve reach out to my region' s sales rep, Grant Landers, about this. I' ll post back with what he says.

emnoc

New Member

You might want to contact Bonnie over in fortinet training, I remember hearing something about this from a training-session objective. Not sure if it was going to come true or be offered in the public sector or if fortinet even proceeded down that path. fwiw, older fortigates are cheap to buy for a lab/training purpose. You can pretty much do alot on these older gear, minus the hardware features that you see within the newer appliances.

mbrowndcmAuthor

New Member

I actually have two 100As collecting dust that I can use, and it seems they aren' y quite EOF yet. But beyond this, having a simulator/emulator would be great... even through a web interface... And... Fortigate 300B is up and accessible at fortigate.com with user: demo pass: fortigate But you can' t generate packets to send through the device. That user is also quite restricted.