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Hello,I am trying to create the NQE query, where i want to see the outputs of show module, show platform, depending upon the platform command might be different and then from those outputs i want to see the modules which are in down state.

Any time someone tells me they’re manually reviewing ACLs for compliance, I know they’re fighting a losing battle. That approach might work on a small network, but once you’re dealing with thousands—or tens of thousands—of devices, manual validation simply doesn’t scale. This came up recently in a conversation on specific ACL compliance requirement across an environment. They weren’t looking for advanced analytics or a flashy dashboard. They needed a reliable way to ensure their access control lists consistently met two basic security rules, everywhere, all the time. The compliance problem The first requirement was that every deny statement in an ACL must log. From a security and compliance standpoint, a deny that isn’t logged is effectively invisible. Traffic may be blocked, but without a log entry there’s no audit trail and no way to prove enforcement. The second requirement was that

   Understanding how your network evolves is crucial, especially for spotting configuration changes and potential vulnerabilities. Forward Enterprise makes this process intuitive—even if many snapshots aren’t fully processed. Let’s walk through how to reveal changes and vulnerabilities without processing every snapshot. Step 1: Go to a processed snapshot in your network inventory.   Step 2: Find and select the device you’re interested in. Open its device card

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 features do you rely on the most? Have you integrated Forward Networks into your change management or automation processes? Any tips or lessons learned that could help others in the community? Looking forward to hearing real-world experiences and best practices from the community.

Hi Team, Could you help me to understand how Forward Networks model the host ?

  The new ordered collections feature streamlines how you pull, organize, and present data from your inventory. It helps you quickly surface results—like the top 10 most vulnerable devices—organized the way you want, so you can act faster and share clearer insights with your team.Let’s walk through what ordered collections can do, when they’re most useful, and how to use the new syntax to save time and reduce manual filtering. Introduction: Why Ordered Collections MatterBefore ordered collections, finding and organizing your top results (say, the most vulnerable devices) meant extra filtering and sorting. Reports could show too many results, scattered by category, forcing you to click around or explain sorting steps to others. Now, ordered collections make it easy to: Limit results to exactly what you want (lik

Where My Network Survey Lessons Really Began: High-Security Environments I’ve spent years surveying some of the most complex, layered, and mission-critical networks in high-security environments. One of the most impactful experiences came from supporting the Air Force’s Base Infrastructure Management (BIM) initiative—a massive effort to modernize, standardize, and truly understand the state of base-area network (BAN).These networks weren’t designed once; they were designed over time—by different teams, different contractors, and different mission owners. Every environment had its own personality, its own quirks, and its own technical ghosts. And when BIM kicked off, it quickly

One of the greatest strengths of using a digital twin is being able to separate the routing and firewall behavior of a particular traffic flow.For example, suppose we have a web application that is not functioning properly because traffic from the Internet cannot reach a public virtual-ip that is mapped to private IP on a top-of-rack switch on port 80.We enter this path search in the Forward Network Search bar.We can see immediately that the traffic is being blocked on an edge firewall (atl-edge-fw01). However, we don’t know what would happen to the traffic if it is permitted through this firewall and continues along its path.Are all the routing protocols properly configured to deliver the traffic to its destination? Is there another firewall in the path that would block the traffic?We

In support of ongoing federal cybersecurity and supply-chain risk management initiatives, Forward Networks has developed a streamlined detection workflow for identifying devices manufactured by Huawei, ZTE, TP-Link or any other network device of concern that are within an enterprise or government environment.This proactive measure aligns with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) guidance and the Federal Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) implementation goals outlined in OMB Memorandum M-22-09. This capability helps agencies rapidly locate unapproved or unmanaged devices—enhancing visibility, compliance, and operational integrity across complex network infrastructures. What’s Going OnBecause consumer network dev

The default number of results returned for an NQE query executed from the API is 1000 (returned as a list assigned to the key “items”)You can increase the limit to 10,000 items. For retrieving results of more than 10,000 items, you will need to use the limit and offset parameters as part of your script, and concatenate the results of multiple API calls within the script.Below is a simple script in Python that concatenates successive chunks of 10,000 items into a single output:import requestsdef nqe_query_with_offset(): my_result = [] limit= 10000 offset = 0 network_id = "101" url = "https://fwd.app/api/nqe?networkId=" + network_id total_extracted = False while total_extracted == False: payload ={"queryId": "FQ_ac651cb2901b067fe7dbfb511613ab44776d8029", "queryOptions": { "limit": limit, "offset": offset}} print(payload)

The CISA advisory AA25‑239A details a sophisticated espionage campaign attributed to Chinese state-sponsored actors, collectively referred to as Salt Typhoon. Why Does Salt Typhoon Matter?These actors are targeting vulnerable network infrastructure — including routers and switches — to gain initial access, persist in the environment, move laterally, and exfiltrate sensitive data. In

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It always starts the same way. A team decides it’s time to get serious about network automation. They want to move fast, be resilient, eliminate toil, and reduce outages. Everyone’s on board. There’s talk of Python scripts, intent-based networking, even AI-powered predictions. But then someone finally asks the most basic question: “Do we actually know what IPs are in use?” Cue the awkward silence. Someone eventually mutters, “We’ve got a spreadsheet.”Honestly, I get it. I’ve been there. Most of us have. If you’ve got a few dozen devices and a small team, tracking IP allocations in Excel or Google Sheets might be enough. But once your environment scales—even modestly—that house of cards starts to wobble. Multiple admins start mak

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As part of my onboarding with Forward Networks, I’ve been exploring its native dashboarding capabilities. While the built-in dashboards offer useful insights, I’m not fully convinced they’ll meet the specific reporting needs of our leadership team.To address this, I’m evaluating two integration options:SharePoint: Using the Forward API to retrieve and transform data, then render dashboards tailored to our requirements directly within SharePoint. Grafana Cloud: If SharePoint proves limiting, I’ll explore leveraging our existing Grafana Cloud instance for more flexible visualization.Has anyone integrated Forward with either platform? I’d really appreciate any experiences, suggestions, or recommendations.Below is the format I think supports the SLT teams requirements.

The Framework Regional Variations Determining a Device’s Region Changing Variables Based on Region Knowing the Collection State Anatomy of a test Imports Pattern Matching Function Exceptions

You may often want to find all pattern matches within the device configuration and filter the results based on a regular expression.The following NQE query uses a regex filter as part of a two step process in the getMatch(device) function.First, we find peer-group names in a Cisco BGP configuration and stores each match in a string called groupName by matching on the pattern defined at the top of the query.Second, we iterate through each each pattern match and filter the groupName based on the regex `^PUBLIC.*(?:-4|-X)$`The regex matches a string that starts with the word “PUBLIC” and end with either “-4” or “-X”.The main foreach loop at the bottom of the query applies the function getMatch to output a list of devices along with all the matching peer group names pattern = ```router bgp {number} neighbor {groupName: string} peer-group```;

Just posting up a simple Python script that allows you to make API calls from behind a proxy that also requires authentication.I have capitalised things that you need to customise.  Of course it isn’t good practice to have usernames and passwords in your script so this is just for illustrative purposes.import requestsimport base64api_user = "YourApiUser"api_pass = "YourApiPassword"api_creds = api_user + ":" + api_passapi_bytes = api_creds.encode("ascii")api_encoded = base64.b64encode(api_bytes)print(api_encoded)api_string = api_encoded.decode("ascii")proxies = { "http": "http://YourProxyUser:YourProxyPassword@ProxyServerIp:ProxyPort", "https": http://YourProxyUser:YourProxyPassword@ProxyServerIp:ProxyPort",}try: response = requests.get("https://fwd.app/api/networks", proxies=proxies, headers={"Authorization"

CISA just issued Emergency Directive 25‑03 mandating actions to identify and mitigate a campaign exploiting zero‑day vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA / Firepower devices. While the directive is written for federal agencies, the threat is relevant to any organization using those platforms. Below is a summary, risk assessment, and recommended mitigations — along with what Forward Networks is doing to support customers. What’s Going OnCampaign targets Cisco ASA and Firepower / FTD appliances Exploits include unauthenticated RCE and privilege escal

You can use the NQE group function to collapse rows that have multiple matching columns.In the following example, we make a list of all devices in the network (and store in a list called data), and group all the devices in data together that have matching values for Vendor, Model, OS, and OS Version. The matching values are grouped by attributes.Note that list stored in data just has device names. We don’t actually list all the device names within the select statement. The device is the identifier for each unique element that is hidden when you use the group function. We access the list of devices in each group (within the list data) with a foreach loop in order to count the unique items and provide a total in the last column./** * @intent List devices grouped by matching Vendor, Model, OS, and Version and the to