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SteveBamfordSpotter

Fortinet physical devices versus vdoms and validating tacacs configuration.

Forward brings in Fortinet firewalls as the device its self and the VDOM’s this becomes challenging when you need to validate the tacacs configuration for the physical device this means quite often the vdoms or even the root vdom will fail even thoug

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robEmployee

The Hour I Kept Losing - Starting from scratch with AI to build secure tools that work

Investigating a path search API issue for one of my customers routinely took me about an hour per cycle — constructing the complex call, running it, and parsing the multi-path response. In a Customer Success role full of Slack pings, meetings, and ot

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jack.shenEmployee

Iterating through Cisco-style configuration using foreach loops

Children LinesThis document aims to improve understanding of how NQE parses Cisco-like configuration. It also provides templates for common NQE checks related to configurations. Forward NQE takes Cisco-like configuration and parses it into a subset

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4 days ago

Rymarti2Ramping Up

Unable to access the vulnerabilities page

When attempting to access the Vulnerabilities page I get the following errors.Jakarta.servlet.servletexception:request processing failed:java.util.concurrent.completionexception:java.util.nosuchelementexception:no value presentThis error has accord s

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10 days ago

chrisnaishEmployee

CISA Releases AR26-113A on the FIRESTARTER Backdoor: What It Means for Cisco ASA, FTD, and Firepower — and How Forward Can Help

If you manage Cisco ASA, Firepower, or Secure Firewall anywhere in your environment, this one demands your immediate attention.On April 23, 2026, CISA published Analysis Report AR26-113A, a malware analysis report on a backdoor known as FIRESTARTER.

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11 days ago

MullersEmployee

Maintaining the Digital Twin

Link inference using interface descriptions

Very often, customers either disable or can’t run LLDP on certain devices, which can cause problems for Forward trying to create a topology. You find isolated icons on the topology which are not connected to anything.Reasons for this are various:Devi

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17 days ago

chrisnaishEmployee

NIST Just Narrowed Its CVE Focus. Here’s Why Your Vuln Data Shouldn’t.

As of April 15, NIST is changing how it handles CVEs in the NVD. The new approach is risk-based: every submission still lands in the NVD, but only a subset will get the full analysis and enrichment treatment going forward:CVEs in CISA’s Known Exploit

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26 days ago

chrisnaishEmployee

Iranian-Affiliated Actors Are Exploiting Rockwell PLCs Across US Critical Infrastructure — What It Means for Your OT Network

This is a companion post to CISA Adds CVE-2025-53521 to KEV: What It Means for F5 BIG-IP APM SystemsIf you manage Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers anywhere in your environment — or if you're responsible for any network

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1 month ago

ChristopherEmployee

Finding hosts on a downstream leaf switch from a given spine switch

A common network configuration is to have hosts(servers) connected to a leaf switch, which in turn is connected to spine switches, and finally to an upstream L3 switch / gateway.Host → Leaf Switch (ToR) → Spine Switch(s) → L3 Switch / Gateway(s)in th

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1 month ago

SteveBamfordSpotter

Fortinet physical devices versus vdoms and validating tacacs configuration.

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Rymarti2Ramping Up

Unable to access the vulnerabilities page

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10 days ago

mayur.ladRamping Up

Workplace which will auto execute by every 30mins

Hi TeamI am looking for some help to create a workplace in FN.This workplace will contain only CISCO devices and NQEs (BGP status and Interface Status). I want to auto execute this workspace (snapshot) by every 30 mins so that I can fetch interface a

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1 month ago

Suriya subbiah CTRamping Up

Forward API

API logs

Hi team,Is there a way to see or get API logs to know which user has performed what kind of api calls & actions ( read / view / change) using thier account?

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2 months ago

cariddirSpotter

More Functionality with Filtering in the GUI

I’ve brought this up a few times on calls with our account team. It would be really helpful if we could filter with a bit more flexibility in Sources & Inventories.Currently, if I’m searching for a Tag the logic is a “OR” so if I want a device in

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2 months ago

Suriya subbiah CTRamping Up

snapshot processing failure

Hi team, I am new to the forward networks enterprise solutions and recently facing some issues in the application. I have set of network devices with different vendors (Cisco, Fortinet, huwawei, F5, etc) in my workspace with application version 25.11

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3 months ago

tenzing29Ramping Up

Integrations

Integrating Forward Networks with CI/CD or automation tools – real examples?

I’m curious to hear how different teams are using Forward Networks in their day-to-day workflows. Whether it’s for network visibility, change validation, security analysis, or troubleshooting, I’d love to learn what’s working best for you. Which feat

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4 months ago

sidhurajRamping Up