275 thoughts on “Forticlient – SSLVPN .deb packages”

1. defcon 03/04/2017 at 02:55

   Works on ubuntu 17.04 with Wayland, had to use wsudo to launch initial setup though, but all good now 🙂

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2. defcon 03/04/2017 at 02:50

   Lifesaver! Holy shit, even Fortitoken/2-factor is working

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3. julian 21/03/2017 at 20:05

   so where’s the source for the linux client?
   not planning on running untrusted software on my boxes if I can help it..
   (and before you say but it’s fortinet of course you trust them… No, actually )

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   1. Ti Post author22/03/2017 at 06:22

      Hello,

      there is no source for the official Fortinet linux-client, only Fortinet has it. As i mentioned I only repackage it into a .deb package, no changes on original files.

      But there is also an open-source alternative for that: https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn

      I am working on a GUI for this CLI-only Program. So stay tuned or compile yourself.

      Cheers

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4. Davide Venturi 08/03/2017 at 17:11

   how to reimport dropped connections with .fctsslvpnhistory ?

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5. Ergan 01/03/2017 at 09:14

   It drops saved connections configuration from time to time. Where is this data stored, so I can backup the file?

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   1. Ti Post author02/03/2017 at 11:33

      Hello, its located in your home-dir and named .fctsslvpnhistory

      Cheers

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6. Julian 06/02/2017 at 00:38

   Works in Linux Mint 18 too.

   Thank you

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7. Edmund Laugasson 28/01/2017 at 19:24

   Are there any newer versions available? When to look here http://kb.fortinet.com/kb/documentLink.do?externalID=FD39996 then there is already FortiClient v5.4 available.

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   1. Ti Post author29/01/2017 at 15:20

      Hi, this is only valid for Windows/MAC versions. Version 4.4.2331 is the latest for Linux.

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8. Andrew 26/01/2017 at 14:01

   I’m having trouble finding any instructions on how to use this. What file should I be selecting as certificate? Whichever .crt or .pem I pick results in “invalid pkcs#12 file” error.
   Also what password..? I don’t get asked this in Windows.

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   1. Ti Post author26/01/2017 at 14:21

      Certificate is not mandatory if not configured on your endpoint. Just leave the fields blank.

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9. Amine 17/01/2017 at 18:34

   Thanks for the tip.
   It’s work for me in ubuntu 14.04 installed in a VM. the problem is that VM became unreachable in my local netword (no ping, no ssh connexion).

   The problem can be caused by my cloud network conf or by the VPN client?

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   1. Ti Post author29/01/2017 at 15:23

      Hi, it seems like you set your default route trough the vpn-tunnel. Normally you get the routes from Fortigate when connecting. Make sure you set up “Split-Tunneling” on your Fortigate for your Tunnel.

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10. Jose Antonio 21/12/2016 at 00:41

    Obrigado pela informação! Funcionou perfeitamente no Mint 18

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11. Anhydrous 14/12/2016 at 04:58

    Thank you for sharing these!! I’ve used alien and rpmrebuild to adapt it for my rhel workstation.. thank you!

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12. fprietog 09/11/2016 at 18:11

    Thank you very much for keeping us updated!
    New versión 4.4.2330-1 64 Bits working as expected under Ubuntu 16.10.

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    1. Milan Chheda 19/11/2016 at 15:21

       I installed it on my Ubuntu 16.04. How to run it?

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       1. qq 22/11/2016 at 18:00

          There should be Forticlient added to your internet category.

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14. clark lewis 03/11/2016 at 08:40

    Thoughtful blog post . I loved the insight , Does anyone know where my business could get access to a fillable USPS PS 1000 copy to complete ?

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15. Ravi 01/11/2016 at 10:17

    Would you like to move it to Github, so people can contribute and issues can be tracked. Would be great for those who are stuck with Forticlient and don’t have Mac or Windows OS.

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16. old fart 19/10/2016 at 05:01

    Works great with Mint 17.3 and 18. Only problems have been that password does not stay saved for long time and also .fctsslvpnhistory file gets corrupted sometimes and needs to be deleted or to keep copy of it and replace it.

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17. John 18/10/2016 at 15:22

    Hi – really appreciate you building these packages. Big help in enabling me to start to migrate some company machines to running linux instead of Windows 🙂 However, one question about the program. Are you making any changes to the default FortiClient software to accommodate being packaged for Linux? The reason I ask is because I have purchased and installed an SSL certificate for my FortiGate 100D firewall for the VPN. People who connect from the Windows edition of FortiClient work perfectly, it recognises the certificate and connects, no problem. But people running Linux and connecting using this package always get the warning about an invalid certificate. The VPN still connects, but only after they click the button to ignore the certificate warning and continue. Running Linux Mint 18 64bit.

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    1. nikanik 04/03/2017 at 14:46

       Hi,
       the same problem, but more worse, it’s not agree to ignore an invalid certificate.

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18. Juansoft 15/10/2016 at 13:43

    Thanks you very vey very much for this brilliant .deb package!!

    Running you’re FortiClient VPN SSL program in Lbuntu 16.04.1 LTS without any problem!!

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19. Lex 07/10/2016 at 11:00

    In one word: brilliant!
    Works great on Linux Mint 18

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20. Martin 02/10/2016 at 19:11

    Your SSLVPN-forticlient package is running without an Problem since 2012 under my Debian at home. Thank you very much for your great work!
    Now I’d like to install the same software on my laptop, an arm V7 samsung chromebook XE303C12 with an Samsung Exynos 5250 Dual 1.7 GHz + ARM Mali-T604, with ArchLinux. Unfortunately there are no sources availible (for me) nor any pre-compiled packages. Do you have any solution for this problem?

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21. Patrizio 21/09/2016 at 16:56

    Thank you for your nice package!

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22. Anees 21/09/2016 at 14:04

    Can this be used with Centos 6.2?

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23. bpresles 13/09/2016 at 20:55

    I’m using latest 4.4-2329-1 version on Ubuntu 16.04.1 64 bits, and it stops working after a few seconds. Apparently someone else had this issue, but nobody has replied to help him.

    Anyone having this issue was able to fix it?

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    1. fprietog 15/09/2016 at 18:14

       @bpresles

       You may have a clue about what’s happening in the log files:
       /opt/forticlient-sslvpn/64bit/helper/forticlientsslvpn.log
       /opt/forticlient-sslvpn/64bit/helper/pppd.log

       (or in /opt/forticlient-sslvpn/32bit/helper if tou’re using 32 bits OS)

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24. Diana Bedoya 06/09/2016 at 16:30

    Works great on Debian Jessie, thank you very much!

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25. Uilian 01/09/2016 at 14:25

    Hi!

    Is the code at Github?

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26. Maykel 24/08/2016 at 22:33

    how to use this application on a pre shared key connection
    ubuntu 14.04
    thanks

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    1. rosvi 03/07/2017 at 11:27

       how to user this application on a pre shared key connetcion ?

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27. Gustavo 24/08/2016 at 18:18

    Thank you pal,
    I’ll pay the beers and the whores.

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30. Me 16/08/2016 at 22:49

    Forticlient SSLVPN 4.4.2329-1 64bit works with ubuntu 16.04.1 ?

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    1. Ti Post author22/08/2016 at 16:50

       Yes, should work without problem.

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