In Q2 2023, CyberRatings.org conducted an independent test of the Fortinet FortiGate 600F v6.4.12 build5431 (GA) against the Enterprise Firewall Test Methodology v3.0, at our facility in Austin, Texas. The product was subjected to thorough testing to determine how it handled TLS/SSL 1.2 and 1.3 cipher suites, how it defended against 1,724 exploits, whether its protection could be bypassed by any of 1,482 evasions, and whether the device
would remain stable under adverse conditions. To provide a more realistic rating based on modern network traffic, both clear text and encrypted traffic were measured