Name: FortiConverter
Rating: 10 (1 reviews)
Author: Fortinet

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Performance Testing

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Calibration Management

Collaboration

Document Generation

Enterprise Search

Intellectual Property (IP) Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Accounting and Tax Services

CTRM

Cryptocurrency Mining

Financial Risk Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Compensation Management

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

On-Demand Payment

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

API Design

API Management

Cloud Migration

Cloud Storage

Component Content Management

Data Analytics  and BI Services

Data Pipeline

Fraud Detection

Hosted Virtual Desktop

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

M2M Application Development

Managed Public Cloud Infrastructure

Mobile Data Security

Network Performance Monitoring

Product Implementation Services

Requirements Management

SSL Certificate

Server Virtualization

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Virtualization Management

Vulnerability Management

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Call Tracking

Content Management

Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)

Ecommerce Personalization

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Online Reputation Management

Referral Marketing

Social Media Advertising

Social Media Management

Social Media Publishing

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Task Management

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Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Intelligent Virtual Assistant

Sales Enablement

Sales

Cloud Access Security Brokers

Secure Service Edge

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Security

Church Management

Intelligent Document Processing

Online Voting

Veterinary

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The FortiConverter firewall configuration migration tool is primarily for third-party firewall configuration migration to FortiOS—for routing, firewall, NAT, and VPN policies and objects.

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Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

FortiConverter is being used for all firewall migrations to FortiGate from legacy platforms. FortiConverter enables a smooth staged migration with minimal to no outages during the cutover windows. We have used it to migrate all Cisco ASA firewalls (virtual and physical) to FortiGate appliances. FortiConverter allows us to properly audit the existing rules and ensure that we do not migrate obsolete, zero hit, and nested or shadow rules to the new platform.

Product Usage

Pros and Cons

Audit existing rulesets from CheckPoint, Cisco, Juniper and other platforms
Build migration rulesets to FortiGate
Stages migration before actual cutover
Reduces or eliminates obsolete and shadow rules
Simple logic

Things done well

Programming or scripting skills are not needed but highly recommended
Requires excellent command of REGEX
Interface Mapping from complex topologies requires a deep understanding of FortiGate interface capabilities and scripting

Things done poorly

Unless you are rebuilding rules from scratch, FortiConverter is a must-have when migrating legacy rulesets from competing platforms such as Cisco ASA, CheckPoint, Juniper, etc. to FortiGate Appliances. Without FortiConverter, guaranteed there will be some flows you missed and you will be troubleshooting them during your cutover maintenance window. Utilizing FortiConverter, you will minimize such issues as cutover time because you have the ability to stage the new ruleset in advance. Complex topologies and multi-platform migrations require highly skilled consultation from experts that [have] done this several times before.

Multi-platform migration support to FortiGate
Easy to use interface for simple topologies
Support migration to multiple VDOMs (virtual FortiGate FWs)
Advance routing support (e.g. Policy-based routing, BGP, etc.)
Enterprise centralized management
Easy to script changes

Most Important Features 3.4.21

Streamlined migrations successful on the first try
Simple and fast cutover maintenance window
Audit and tune existing rule base
Quickly identify shadow rules
Quickly identify rules with elevated access

Return on Investment

FortiConverter is the easiest of the firewall migration tools to use compared to Checkpoint SmartMove, Cisco Firewall Migration Tool, FWMIG, etc. It has a more robust user interface and allows you to customize the rule imports as needed. Rulebase analysis, hit count, NAT, and dynamic routing are presented in an easy to understand format with FortiConverter.

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Other Software Used

Network Engineers on the Firewall Migration Team utilize the FortiConverter tool to migrate legacy rulebase on competitor platforms to the FortiGate platform. Existing rules are imported and analyzed in FortiConverter, tuned, then migrated to the FortiGate platform. This reduces the risk of errors and allows for a smooth and fast cutover.

Number of users

A DevOps skillset is recommended to operate FortiConverter as scripting and code writing skills will help tremendously when converting rules from a legacy platform such as CheckPoint, Cisco ASA, Juniper, etc. to the FortiGate platform.  An expert level knowledge of REGEX is also highly recommended.

Ongoing support requirement

Firewall migration to FortiGate platform
Staging firewall migrations
Analyzing existing ruleset
Identifying and removing shadow rules
Consolidating rules

Business processes

Firewall rule consolidation
Identifying shadow rules
Tuning existing rule sets

Innovative Uses

When upgrading to higher powered appliances
Cloning firewalls in the cloud
Migrating physical firewalls to the cloud

Future Uses

FortiConverter is currently the best option to assist in migrating legacy firewalls to FortiGate firewalls.  FortiConverter is flexible enough to be the single tool to use when migrating Check Point, Cisco ASA, Juniper and other platforms to FortiGate Firewalls.  FortiConverter is not a multi-user software however it is easy for multiple engineers to work on a single or multiple migration projects.

Previous software package

FortiConverter is provided by the firewall vendor we are migrating to, FortiGate and for this reason it was the best alternative to manual processes, building from scratch.  FortiConverter was built for the platform we are migrating to and therefore contained the features and capabilities tested in the field. FortiNet also provided full support for the FortiConverter software.

Decision Factors

Our approach was to migrate context by context, vdom by vdom in a singular fashion. The network topology allowed us to do this on a firewall by firewall basis and stage and test the migration using FortiConverter prior to the maintenance window. This allowed for a very streamlined swing over of physical interfaces and IP addresses. This left lots of room for testing all the applications on the new platform within a regular maintenance window.

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