In a standard Linux environment, the kernel manages hardware, and user-space applications (like the firewall daemon, web server, and VPN client) run on top of it. If an application crashes, the kernel usually survives.
Fortinet now offers virtual appliances (VMs) for AWS, Azure, and VMware. Interestingly, the VM images are almost binary identical to the hardware images. This means the proprietary kernel runs happily inside a hypervisor. The "hardware" abstraction layer in FortiOS is modular enough to translate the calls to the hypervisor's virtual CPU and NIC. fortinet firmware
FortiOS uses a proprietary filesystem structure. When you view the configuration via show , you aren't looking at a text file saved on a disk in real-time. You are looking at a database configuration that is compiled into the running memory. In a standard Linux environment, the kernel manages
: New tools for Zero Trust Access or OT security. Interestingly, the VM images are almost binary identical
In a standard Linux environment, the kernel manages hardware, and user-space applications (like the firewall daemon, web server, and VPN client) run on top of it. If an application crashes, the kernel usually survives.
Fortinet now offers virtual appliances (VMs) for AWS, Azure, and VMware. Interestingly, the VM images are almost binary identical to the hardware images. This means the proprietary kernel runs happily inside a hypervisor. The "hardware" abstraction layer in FortiOS is modular enough to translate the calls to the hypervisor's virtual CPU and NIC.
FortiOS uses a proprietary filesystem structure. When you view the configuration via show , you aren't looking at a text file saved on a disk in real-time. You are looking at a database configuration that is compiled into the running memory.
: New tools for Zero Trust Access or OT security.
