Technical Tip: Constant changing of password and encrypted private-key value in certificate section

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Description	This article describes the behavior where the value of the password and private-key fields differs on the configuration backup file although no changes have been made.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	When a backup is performed on the FortiGate configuration, it is observed that the password and private-key fields of the local certificate are different on every backup. Refer to the example below, the configuration backup is done within the same minute: The value for the password and private-key field differs although there are no changes made to the FortiGate: This is expected behavior since FortOS 5.0.7 as a mechanism to remediate Heartbleed attacks: https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-14-011