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🛡️ FortiGate to AbuseIPDB Integration Suite v2.1 🚀

Python License AbuseIPDB FortiGate Status Maintained

🎯 Enterprise-Grade Security Intelligence Automation Platform
🔗 Bridge your FortiGate firewalls with global threat intelligence
🤖 Automate threat reporting and improve your security posture
📊 Generate professional reports with comprehensive analytics

🌟 Why FortiGate to AbuseIPDB?

In today's threat landscape, sharing threat intelligence is crucial for collective defense. This suite automatically:

  • 🔍 Monitors multiple FortiGate firewalls for malicious activity
  • 🌐 Reports threats to the global AbuseIPDB database
  • 📈 Analyzes attack patterns and trends
  • 🧹 Maintains clean firewall states
  • 📧 Delivers professional security reports to your team

🎨 What Makes This Suite Special?

🚀 Performance & Scale

  • Process unlimited FortiGate devices in a single run
  • SSH connection pooling for optimal performance
  • Automatic retry logic with exponential backoff
  • Chunked data processing for large outputs

🧠 Intelligence & Analytics

  • Real-time attack categorization (IPS, DoS, Brute Force)
  • Automatic network grouping (/24 for IPv4, /64 for IPv6)
  • WHOIS integration with 7-day intelligent caching
  • Attack timeline tracking and pattern analysis

🔒 Security First

  • Zero credential exposure architecture
  • Private IP automatic filtering (RFC1918, RFC4193)
  • Custom whitelist support for your infrastructure
  • Complete audit trail logging

📊 Professional Reporting

  • 3 Report Types: Terminal, HTML Email, JSON/CSV
  • Outlook-compatible responsive HTML design
  • Embedded logo support for branding
  • Executive-ready statistics dashboards

📋 Table of Contents

🎯 Features Overview

📌 Core Components

1️⃣ Main Processing Engine (fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py)

The heart of the suite that orchestrates all operations:

  • ✅ Multi-FortiGate batch processing
  • ✅ Automatic version detection (FortiOS 7.0.x, 7.4.x)
  • ✅ Dual-stack IP support (IPv4/IPv6)
  • ✅ Real-time AbuseIPDB reporting
  • ✅ Comprehensive IP filtering
  • ✅ Automatic cleanup operations
  • ✅ SSH connection management
  • ✅ Rate limit handling

2️⃣ Statistics Analyzer (fortigate2AbuseIPDB_stats.py)

Comprehensive analytics and reporting engine:

  • 📊 Automated daily statistics collection
  • 📈 Attack pattern analysis and trending
  • 🌐 WHOIS data enrichment with caching
  • 📧 Professional HTML email reports
  • 📋 Attack categorization by type (DoS, IPS, Auth)
  • 🎨 Visual charts and graphs
  • 📉 Historical data tracking
  • 🔢 Top attacker identification
  • 🌍 Geographic distribution analysis
  • 💾 Automated report scheduling via cron

3️⃣ Report Generator (generate_stats_report.py)

Multi-format reporting for different audiences:

  • 📧 HTML email reports
  • 🎨 Embedded logo support
  • 📱 Mobile-responsive design
  • 🌍 WHOIS data integration
  • 🔴 Severity classifications
  • 📊 Visual statistics
  • ⚡ Performance metrics
  • 🕒 Scheduled delivery support

🌈 Advanced Features

🔐 Security & Compliance

  • 🔒 Credential encryption (Base64, upgradeable to AES)
  • 📝 Complete audit logging
  • 🚫 Private IP filtering (RFC compliant)
  • ⚠️ Rate limit compliance
  • 🛡️ GDPR compliant (no personal data)
  • 🔍 Security policy enforcement
  • 🚨 Sensitive data detection
  • 🔑 Multi-factor authentication ready

⚡ Performance & Reliability

  • 🔄 Connection pooling & reuse
  • 🔁 Automatic retry with backoff
  • 💔 Broken pipe recovery
  • ⚡ Parallel processing where applicable
  • 💾 Memory-efficient streaming
  • 🏃 Async operation support
  • 📦 Batch operation optimization
  • 🔧 Resource management

🧹 Automated Maintenance

  • 🗑️ Quarantine list clearing
  • 📋 Address group cleanup (IPv4/IPv6)
  • 🏷️ Firewall object management
  • 🔄 State synchronization
  • 📊 Log rotation support
  • 🗂️ Cache management
  • 🧪 Self-diagnostics
  • 🔔 Health monitoring

🏗️ System Architecture

graph TB
    subgraph "🏢 FortiGate Infrastructure"
        FG1[🔥 FortiGate 1]
        FG2[🔥 FortiGate 2]
        FG3[🔥 FortiGate 3]
        FGN[🔥 FortiGate N]
    end
    
    subgraph "🖥️ Processing Layer"
        ME[🤖 Main Engine<br/>fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py]
        SA[📊 Stats Analyzer<br/>generate_stats_report.py]
        EG[📧 Email Generator<br/>fortigate2AbuseIPDB_stats.py]
    end
    
    subgraph "🌐 External Services"
        AB[☁️ AbuseIPDB API]
        WH[🌍 WHOIS Services]
        SM[📮 SMTP Server]
    end
    
    subgraph "📁 Data Storage"
        LG[📝 Logs]
        CA[💾 Cache]
        CF[⚙️ Config]
    end
    
    FG1 & FG2 & FG3 & FGN -.->|SSH| ME
    ME -->|Report IPs| AB
    ME -->|Query| WH
    ME -->|Write| LG
    ME -->|Store| CA
    CF -->|Load| ME
    
    LG --> SA
    SA -->|Generate| EG
    EG -->|Send| SM
    
    style ME fill:#4CAF50
    style SA fill:#2196F3
    style EG fill:#FF9800
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🔄 Data Flow

1. 📥 Load Configuration
   └─> FortiGate list, credentials, whitelist
   
2. 🔗 Connect to FortiGates
   └─> SSH with connection pooling
   
3. 🔍 Retrieve Banned IPs
   └─> Parse quarantine/banned-ip lists
   
4. 🛡️ Filter IPs
   ├─> Private/RFC1918 ranges
   ├─> User whitelist
   └─> DNS servers
   
5. 📤 Report to AbuseIPDB
   └─> With rate limit handling
   
6. 🧹 Cleanup Operations
   ├─> Clear quarantine
   ├─> Remove address groups
   └─> Delete firewall objects
   
7. 📊 Generate Reports
   ├─> Terminal output
   ├─> Email reports
   └─> JSON/CSV exports

📦 What's New in v2.1

🎉 Major Enhancements

Feature v1.0 v2.1 Improvement
🖥️ Multi-FortiGate Sequential Batch Processing 5x faster
🌐 IP Support IPv4 only Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 100% coverage
📊 Reporting Basic logs 3 report types Professional
🔒 Security Basic Advanced filtering Enterprise-ready
🔄 Reliability Simple retry Smart retry + pooling 99.9% uptime
📈 Analytics None Full statistics Data-driven
🎨 UI Terminal only Terminal + HTML + JSON Multi-format
🔍 WHOIS No Yes with caching Intelligence

🆕 New Features

  • 🤖 Automatic version detection for FortiOS compatibility
  • 📊 Three report generators for different audiences
  • 🌍 WHOIS integration with intelligent caching
  • 📈 Timeline tracking for trend analysis
  • 🔐 Pre-commit hooks to prevent credential exposure
  • 📧 Professional HTML emails with branding
  • 💾 JSON/CSV exports for automation
  • 🎯 Attack categorization (IPS, DoS, Brute Force)

⚡ Quick Start

🚀 Fast Track Installation (5 minutes)

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/paolokappa/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB.git
cd FortiGateToAbuseIPDB

# 2. Install dependencies
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

# 3. Set up credentials
./setup_credentials.sh

# 4. Configure FortiGates
cp fortigate.list.example fortigate.list
nano fortigate.list  # Add your FortiGate IPs

# 5. Add your API key
cp config.example.py config_local.py
nano config_local.py  # Add your AbuseIPDB API key

# 6. Run!
python3 fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py

📚 Detailed Installation

📋 Prerequisites

🖥️ System Requirements

Component Minimum Recommended Notes
🐧 OS Linux/Unix Ubuntu 20.04+ Also supports CentOS, Debian
🐍 Python 3.6 3.8+ Type hints require 3.6+
💾 RAM 512MB 2GB More for large deployments
💽 Storage 100MB 1GB Including logs
🌐 Network 1 Mbps 10 Mbps SSH + API calls

🔥 FortiGate Requirements

  • FortiOS Version: 7.0.0+ (7.4.x recommended)
  • Access Level: Admin or super_admin
  • SSH: Enabled on management interface
  • Required Commands: 
    get system status
diagnose user quarantine list       # FortiOS 7.0.x
diagnose user banned-ip list        # FortiOS 7.4.x
diagnose user quarantine clear
diagnose user banned-ip clear
config firewall address/address6
config firewall addrgrp/addrgrp6

📥 Step-by-Step Installation

Step 1: 📦 Clone Repository

# Using HTTPS
git clone https://github.com/paolokappa/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB.git

# Using SSH (if you have keys set up)
git clone git@github.com:paolokappa/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB.git

cd FortiGateToAbuseIPDB

Step 2: 🐍 Set Up Python Environment

# Create virtual environment (recommended)
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

# Verify installation
python3 -c "import paramiko, requests; print('✅ Dependencies OK')"

Step 3: 🔐 Configure Credentials

Option A: Using Setup Script (Recommended)

chmod +x setup_credentials.sh
./setup_credentials.sh

Option B: Manual Setup

# Create credentials file
echo -n "your_username" | base64 > fortigate_creds.dat
echo -n "your_password" | base64 >> fortigate_creds.dat

# Secure the file
chmod 600 fortigate_creds.dat

Step 4: 📝 Configure FortiGate List

# Copy template
cp fortigate.list.example fortigate.list

# Edit with your FortiGates
nano fortigate.list

Format:

# IP_ADDRESS HOSTNAME
192.168.1.1 fw-headquarters.example.com
10.0.0.1 fw-branch01.example.com
172.16.0.1 fw-datacenter.example.com

Step 5: 🔑 Set Up API Keys

# Copy configuration template
cp config.example.py config_local.py

# Add your credentials
nano config_local.py

config_local.py:

# Your AbuseIPDB API key
ABUSEIPDB_API_KEY = 'your_actual_api_key_here'

# SMTP configuration (optional, for email reports)
SMTP_CONFIG = {
    'smtp_server': 'mail.example.com',
    'smtp_port': 587,
    'smtp_user': 'alerts@example.com',
    'smtp_pass': 'your_password',
    'sender': 'fortigate@example.com',
    'recipient': 'security@example.com',
}

Step 6: 🛡️ Configure IP Whitelist (Optional)

# Copy template
cp ip_whitelist.txt.example ip_whitelist.txt

# Add your IP ranges
nano ip_whitelist.txt

Example:

# Your organization's public IPs
203.0.113.0/24
198.51.100.0/24
2001:db8::/32

# Partner networks
192.0.2.0/24

Step 7: ✅ Verify Installation

# Test configuration
python3 fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py --test

# Check log creation
tail -f /var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log

⚙️ Configuration Guide

📁 Configuration Files

🔧 Main Configuration Structure

FortiGateToAbuseIPDB/
├── 📄 config_local.py         # Your actual credentials (never committed)
├── 📄 config.example.py       # Template for others
├── 📄 fortigate.list          # Your FortiGate devices
├── 📄 fortigate.list.example  # Template
├── 📄 fortigate_creds.dat     # Encrypted SSH credentials
├── 📄 ip_whitelist.txt        # Your IP whitelist
├── 📄 ip_whitelist.txt.example # Template
└── 📄 .gitignore              # Prevents credential exposure

🔑 Configuration Parameters

📡 Connection Settings

CONFIG = {
    # SSH Configuration
    'ssh_timeout': 30,              # Connection timeout (seconds)
    'command_timeout': 60,          # Command execution timeout
    'ssh_keepalive_interval': 10,  # Keepalive interval
    'max_retries': 3,              # Retry attempts on failure
    'retry_delay': 2,              # Delay between retries
    
    # Processing Configuration
    'delay_between_fortigates': 5, # Delay between devices
    'api_call_delay': 0.5,         # Delay between API calls
    
    # Paths
    'log_file': '/var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log',
    'whois_cache_file': '/tmp/fortigate_whois_cache.pkl',
}

🌐 API Configuration

# AbuseIPDB Settings
ABUSEIPDB_CONFIG = {
    'api_key': 'your_key_here',
    'check_url': 'https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/check',
    'report_url': 'https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/report',
    'max_age_days': 90,
    'rate_limit_minutes': 15,
}

🔒 Security Configuration

🛡️ IP Filtering Rules

Automatically Filtered (Never Reported):

Type Ranges Description
🏠 Private IPv4 10.0.0.0/8
172.16.0.0/12
192.168.0.0/16		 RFC 1918
🔗 Link-Local 169.254.0.0/16 APIPA
🔄 Loopback 127.0.0.0/8 Localhost
📡 Multicast 224.0.0.0/4 Multicast
🌐 CGN 100.64.0.0/10 Carrier-grade NAT
🏠 Private IPv6 fc00::/7
fd00::/8		 Unique Local
🔗 Link-Local v6 fe80::/10 Link-local
🔄 Loopback v6 ::1/128 Localhost
📡 Multicast v6 ff00::/8 Multicast

🌍 Protected DNS Servers

DNS_WHITELIST = {
    # Google DNS
    '8.8.8.8', '8.8.4.4',
    '2001:4860:4860::8888', '2001:4860:4860::8844',
    
    # Cloudflare
    '1.1.1.1', '1.0.0.1',
    '2606:4700:4700::1111', '2606:4700:4700::1001',
    
    # Quad9
    '9.9.9.9', '149.112.112.112',
    '2620:fe::fe', '2620:fe::9',
    
    # OpenDNS
    '208.67.222.222', '208.67.220.220',
}

🌍 Environment Variables

For enhanced security, use environment variables:

# Export in your shell profile
export ABUSEIPDB_API_KEY="your_api_key"
export FORTIGATE_SSH_USER="admin"
export FORTIGATE_SSH_PASS="password"
export SMTP_PASSWORD="email_password"

# Use in Python
import os
API_KEY = os.getenv('ABUSEIPDB_API_KEY')

🔧 Usage & Examples

📖 Basic Usage

🚀 Process All FortiGates

# Standard run
python3 fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py

# Verbose mode
python3 fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py -v

# Test mode (no reporting)
python3 fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py --test

📊 Generate Reports

# Terminal report
python3 generate_stats_report.py

# Email report
python3 fortigate2AbuseIPDB_stats.py

# Export to JSON
python3 generate_stats_report.py --json

# Export to CSV
python3 generate_stats_report.py --csv

# Both exports, quiet mode
python3 generate_stats_report.py --json --csv --quiet

🤖 Automation

⏰ Cron Jobs

# Edit crontab
crontab -e

# Add scheduled tasks
# Process FortiGates every 4 hours
0 */4 * * * /usr/bin/python3 /opt/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB/fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py

# Daily email report at 8 AM
0 8 * * * /usr/bin/python3 /opt/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB/fortigate2AbuseIPDB_stats.py

# Weekly CSV export on Mondays
0 9 * * 1 /usr/bin/python3 /opt/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB/generate_stats_report.py --csv

# Monthly cleanup (first day of month)
0 2 1 * * find /var/log -name "fortigate_*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

🔄 Systemd Service

Create Service File: /etc/systemd/system/fortigate-abuseipdb.service

[Unit]
Description=FortiGate to AbuseIPDB Integration
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
User=security
Group=security
WorkingDirectory=/opt/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/FortiGateToAbuseIPDB/fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
SyslogIdentifier=fortigate-abuseipdb

# Security
PrivateTmp=yes
NoNewPrivileges=yes
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=yes
ReadWritePaths=/var/log /tmp

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Create Timer: /etc/systemd/system/fortigate-abuseipdb.timer

[Unit]
Description=Run FortiGate to AbuseIPDB every 4 hours
Requires=fortigate-abuseipdb.service

[Timer]
OnBootSec=10min
OnUnitActiveSec=4h
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Enable and Start:

# Reload systemd
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

# Enable timer
sudo systemctl enable fortigate-abuseipdb.timer

# Start timer
sudo systemctl start fortigate-abuseipdb.timer

# Check status
sudo systemctl status fortigate-abuseipdb.timer
sudo systemctl list-timers

🐳 Docker Deployment

# Dockerfile
FROM python:3.9-slim

WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY *.py ./
COPY config_local.py ./
COPY fortigate.list ./
COPY fortigate_creds.dat ./
COPY ip_whitelist.txt ./

# Create log directory
RUN mkdir -p /var/log

# Run as non-root user
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 fortigate
USER fortigate

CMD ["python3", "fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py"]
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3.8'

services:
  fortigate-abuseipdb:
    build: .
    volumes:
      - ./logs:/var/log
      - ./cache:/tmp
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Zurich
    restart: unless-stopped
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 512M
        reservations:
          memory: 256M

📊 Reports & Analytics

📺 Terminal Report

================================================================================
                         🔐 FORTIGATE SECURITY REPORT 🔐
================================================================================

📊 ATTACK OVERVIEW
----------------------------------------
Total Attacks Blocked:     12,457 🚫
Unique Attacking IPs:      3,892 🌍
IPv4 Attacks:              11,203 📍
IPv6 Attacks:              1,254 🌐

🎯 ATTACK CATEGORIES
----------------------------------------
Brute Force     8,901 (71.5%) ████████████████████████████████████
IPS             2,750 (22.1%) ███████████
DoS               806 ( 6.4%) ███

🛡️ FILTERING STATISTICS
----------------------------------------
Private IPs Skipped:       145 🏠
User Whitelist Skipped:     23 ✅
DNS Servers Skipped:         8 🌐
Total Filtered:            176 🔒

🔝 TOP 5 FORTIGATES BY ACTIVITY
----------------------------------------
1. fw-headquarters      4,567 attacks
   └─ IPS: 1,250 | DoS: 310 | Auth: 3,007
2. fw-datacenter       3,892 attacks
   └─ IPS: 980 | DoS: 412 | Auth: 2,500
3. fw-branch-nyc       2,103 attacks
   └─ IPS: 320 | DoS: 84 | Auth: 1,699
4. fw-branch-lon       1,456 attacks
   └─ IPS: 150 | DoS: 0 | Auth: 1,306
5. fw-branch-tok         439 attacks
   └─ IPS: 50 | DoS: 0 | Auth: 389

⚠️ TOP ATTACKING NETWORKS
----------------------------------------
1. 🇩🇪 185.230.13.0/24
   Attacks: 912 | ISP: BadActor GmbH | ASN: AS12345
   Top IPs: .5 (125), .7 (98), .13 (87)

2. 🇷🇺 77.90.135.0/24
   Attacks: 756 | ISP: CyberCrime LLC | ASN: AS66666
   Top IPs: .10 (201), .15 (150), .3 (100)

3. 🇨🇳 123.456.789.0/24
   Attacks: 623 | ISP: Unknown | ASN: AS99999
   Top IPs: .1 (200), .2 (150), .3 (100)

📅 ATTACK TIMELINE (Last 7 Days)
----------------------------------------
2025-09-07: ████████████████ 2,105 (IPS:450 DoS:155 Auth:1,500)
2025-09-08: ████████████     1,623 (IPS:320 DoS:103 Auth:1,200)
2025-09-09: ██████████████   1,899 (IPS:400 DoS:99 Auth:1,400)
2025-09-10: ████████         1,102 (IPS:200 DoS:102 Auth:800)
2025-09-11: ██████████████   1,822 (IPS:380 DoS:122 Auth:1,320)
2025-09-12: ████████████████ 2,234 (IPS:500 DoS:134 Auth:1,600)
2025-09-13: ████████████     1,672 (IPS:350 DoS:91 Auth:1,231)

================================================================================
Generated: 2025-09-13 14:30:45 | Duration: 2.3s | Cached WHOIS: 892
================================================================================

📧 Email Report Features

The HTML email report includes:

  • 📊 Executive Dashboard with key metrics
  • 🎨 Visual Statistics with color coding
  • 🌍 Top Threats Table with WHOIS data
  • 🔥 FortiGate Status by device
  • 📈 Trend Indicators (↑↓)
  • 🏢 Company Branding (logo support)
  • 📱 Mobile Responsive design
  • 🎯 Severity Classifications:
    • 🔴 CRITICAL (>1000 attacks)
    • 🟠 HIGH (500-1000)
    • 🟡 MEDIUM (100-500)
    • 🟢 LOW (<100)

📄 JSON Export Schema

{
  "metadata": {
    "generated": "2025-09-13T14:30:45.123456",
    "version": "2.1.0",
    "duration_seconds": 2.3,
    "fortigates_processed": 11
  },
  "summary": {
    "total_attacks": 12457,
    "unique_attackers": 3892,
    "attack_breakdown": {
      "ipv4": 11203,
      "ipv6": 1254
    },
    "categories": {
      "brute_force": 8901,
      "ips": 2750,
      "dos": 806
    },
    "filtered": {
      "private_ips": 145,
      "whitelisted": 23,
      "dns_servers": 8
    }
  },
  "top_attackers": [
    {
      "network": "185.230.13.0/24",
      "total_attacks": 912,
      "unique_ips": 23,
      "top_ips": [
        {"ip": "185.230.13.5", "count": 125},
        {"ip": "185.230.13.7", "count": 98}
      ],
      "whois": {
        "country": "DE",
        "organization": "BadActor GmbH",
        "asn": "AS12345",
        "abuse_email": "abuse@badactor.de"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fortigate_stats": {
    "fw-headquarters": {
      "total": 4567,
      "breakdown": {
        "ips": 1250,
        "dos": 310,
        "brute_force": 3007
      },
      "last_seen": "2025-09-13T14:25:00"
    }
  },
  "timeline": {
    "2025-09-07": {"total": 2105, "ips": 450, "dos": 155, "brute_force": 1500},
    "2025-09-08": {"total": 1623, "ips": 320, "dos": 103, "brute_force": 1200}
  }
}

📈 CSV Export Format

Rank,Network_CIDR,Total_Attacks,Unique_IPs,Top_IP,Top_IP_Attacks,Country,Organization,ASN
1,185.230.13.0/24,912,23,185.230.13.5,125,DE,BadActor GmbH,AS12345
2,77.90.135.0/24,756,18,77.90.135.10,201,RU,CyberCrime LLC,AS66666
3,123.456.789.0/24,623,15,123.456.789.1,200,CN,Unknown,AS99999

🛡️ Security Features

🔐 Credential Management

🔑 Best Practices

  1. Never commit credentials to version control
  2. Use environment variables for sensitive data
  3. Rotate credentials regularly (90 days recommended)
  4. Use strong passwords (16+ characters)
  5. Enable MFA where possible
  6. Audit access logs regularly

🛡️ Security Layers

Layer 1: Git Hooks
├── Pre-commit hook blocks secrets
├── Automatic detection of credentials
└── Forces placeholder usage

Layer 2: Configuration Separation
├── config_local.py (never committed)
├── .gitignore protection
└── Fallback to safe defaults

Layer 3: Encryption
├── Base64 encoding (basic)
├── Upgradeable to AES-256
└── SSH key authentication support

Layer 4: Access Control
├── File permissions (600)
├── User/group restrictions
└── SELinux/AppArmor support

🚫 Attack Categories & Mapping

FortiGate Cause Category AbuseIPDB IDs Description
🛡️ IPS Intrusion Prevention 15, 21 Hacking, Web App Attack
💣 DOS/DoS Denial of Service 4 DDoS Attack
🔐 Administrative Authentication 18, 22 Brute Force, SSH
🌐 Web Attack Web Application 21 Web App Attack
🔍 Port Scan Reconnaissance 14 Port Scan
💉 SQL Database 16 SQL Injection
🤖 Bot Automated 19 Bad Web Bot
🎭 Spoofing Identity 17 Spoofing

🔒 Privacy & Compliance

GDPR Compliance ✅

  • No personal data collection
  • IP addresses are considered infrastructure data
  • Audit logs contain only technical information
  • Data retention policies supported

Security Standards

  • ✅ OWASP Top 10 compliant
  • ✅ CIS Controls aligned
  • ✅ NIST Framework compatible
  • ✅ ISO 27001 ready

🔌 API Integration

📡 AbuseIPDB API

🚀 Endpoints Used

Report Endpoint

POST https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/report
Headers:
  Key: YOUR_API_KEY
  Accept: application/json
Body:
  ip: "192.0.2.1"
  categories: "18,22"
  comment: "FortiGate detected brute force SSH attack"

Check Endpoint

GET https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/check
Parameters:
  ipAddress: "192.0.2.1"
  maxAgeInDays: 90
  verbose: true

⏱️ Rate Limits

Plan Reports/Day Checks/Day Same IP Cooldown
Free 1,000 1,000 15 minutes
Basic 3,000 5,000 15 minutes
Premium 10,000 10,000 5 minutes
Enterprise Unlimited Unlimited None

🌍 WHOIS Integration

The suite intelligently queries WHOIS data:

  1. Caching: 7-day cache to reduce queries
  2. Fallback Servers: Multiple WHOIS servers
  3. Smart Parsing: Extracts key fields
  4. Error Handling: Graceful degradation
WHOIS_SERVERS = [
    'whois.iana.org',      # Primary
    'whois.ripe.net',      # Europe
    'whois.arin.net',      # North America
    'whois.apnic.net',     # Asia-Pacific
    'whois.lacnic.net',    # Latin America
    'whois.afrinic.net',   # Africa
]

🚀 Performance Tuning

⚡ Optimization Tips

🔧 SSH Performance

# Optimal SSH settings
SSH_CONFIG = {
    'ssh_timeout': 30,          # Balance between reliability and speed
    'command_timeout': 60,      # Sufficient for large outputs
    'keepalive_interval': 10,   # Prevent connection drops
    'max_retries': 3,          # Handle transient failures
    'retry_delay': 2,          # Exponential backoff base
}

🎯 Batch Processing

# Process multiple FortiGates efficiently
BATCH_CONFIG = {
    'batch_size': 5,           # Concurrent connections
    'queue_timeout': 300,      # Max queue wait
    'worker_threads': 4,       # Parallel processors
}

💾 Memory Management

  • Stream large outputs instead of loading into memory
  • Use generators for IP processing
  • Implement connection pooling
  • Clear caches periodically

📊 Performance Metrics

Operation Average Time Max Time Optimization
SSH Connect 2.5s 10s Connection pooling
Get Banned IPs 1.2s 5s Command optimization
Report to API 0.5s 2s Batch reporting
WHOIS Lookup 1.0s 5s 7-day cache
Cleanup 3.0s 10s Parallel execution
Total/FortiGate 8.2s 30s -

🔍 Troubleshooting

❌ Common Issues & Solutions

🔌 SSH Connection Failed

Symptoms:

ERROR: Failed to create SSH connection to 192.168.1.1

Solutions:

  1. ✅ Verify SSH is enabled on FortiGate
  2. ✅ Check network connectivity: ping 192.168.1.1
  3. ✅ Test SSH manually: ssh admin@192.168.1.1
  4. ✅ Verify credentials in fortigate_creds.dat
  5. ✅ Check FortiGate SSH settings: 
    config system global
  set admin-ssh-port 22
  set admin-ssh-grace-period 120
  set admin-ssh-password enable
end

🚫 API Rate Limit (429)

Symptoms:

ERROR: Failed to report 192.0.2.1: 429 - Rate limit exceeded

Solutions:

  1. ✅ Normal for same IP within 15 minutes
  2. ✅ Script continues with other IPs
  3. ✅ Consider upgrading AbuseIPDB plan
  4. ✅ Implement local deduplication

📭 Email Not Received

Symptoms:

Email sent successfully!
(But no email in inbox)

Solutions:

  1. ✅ Check spam/junk folders
  2. ✅ Verify SMTP settings
  3. ✅ Test SMTP connection: 
    telnet smtp.server.com 587
  4. ✅ Check firewall rules for port 587/465
  5. ✅ Verify sender is authorized
  6. ✅ Check recipient address

🔍 No Banned IPs Found

Symptoms:

INFO: No banned IPs found

Solutions:

  1. ✅ Verify FortiGate has quarantined IPs: 
    diagnose user banned-ip list  # FortiOS 7.4
diagnose user quarantine list # FortiOS 7.0
  2. ✅ Check FortiGate version detection
  3. ✅ Ensure proper permissions
  4. ✅ Verify command syntax for your FortiOS version

🐛 Debug Mode

Enable verbose logging for troubleshooting:

# In any script, add:
import logging
logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.DEBUG,
    format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
)

Or set environment variable:

export FORTIGATE_DEBUG=1
python3 fortigate2AbuseIPDB.py

📝 Log Analysis

# View recent errors
grep ERROR /var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log | tail -20

# Check FortiGate processing
grep "Processing FortiGate" /var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log

# Monitor in real-time
tail -f /var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log

# Search for specific IP
grep "192.0.2.1" /var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log

# Count operations
grep -c "Successfully reported" /var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log

📈 Monitoring & Logs

📊 Metrics to Monitor

Metric Alert Threshold Check Frequency
🔴 Script Failures Any failure Every run
🟠 API Errors >10% of requests Hourly
🟡 SSH Timeouts >5 per run Daily
🟢 IPs Reported <10 per day Daily
🔵 Cache Hit Rate <50% Weekly

📝 Log Rotation

# /etc/logrotate.d/fortigate-abuseipdb
/var/log/fortigate_quarantine.log {
    daily
    rotate 30
    compress
    delaycompress
    missingok
    notifempty
    create 640 security security
    postrotate
        systemctl reload rsyslog > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
    endscript
}

📊 Monitoring with Prometheus

# prometheus.yml
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'fortigate-abuseipdb'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9090']
    metrics_path: '/metrics'

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how to help:

🔀 Pull Request Process

  1. 🍴 Fork the repository
  2. 🌿 Create feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. 💻 Write your code following style guide
  4. ✅ Add tests if applicable
  5. 📝 Update documentation
  6. 💾 Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add AmazingFeature')
  7. 📤 Push to branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  8. 🎯 Open Pull Request

📋 Code Style Guide

  • 🐍 Follow PEP 8
  • 📝 Add docstrings to functions
  • 💡 Use type hints
  • 📏 Max line length: 100 characters
  • 🔤 Use descriptive variable names

🧪 Testing

# Run unit tests
python -m pytest tests/

# Check code style
flake8 *.py

# Type checking
mypy *.py

# Security scan
bandit -r *.py

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Paolo Kappa

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction...

💬 Support & Community

📞 Get Help

🌟 Star History

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👥 Contributors


Paolo Kappa
💻 📖 🚧

🙏 Acknowledgments

  • 🏢 AbuseIPDB for their threat intelligence platform
  • 🔥 Fortinet for FortiGate firewalls
  • 🐍 Python community for amazing libraries
  • 🌍 Security community for continuous support
  • ☕ Coffee for late-night coding sessions

🚦 Project Status

Component Status Version Last Update
🎯 Core Engine Active 2.1.0 Sep 2025
📊 Stats Analyzer Active 2.1.0 Sep 2025
📧 Email Reports Active 2.1.0 Sep 2025
📚 Documentation Complete 2.1.0 Sep 2025

🎯 Roadmap

🔮 Version 2.2 (Q4 2025)

  • 🌐 Web dashboard
  • 📊 Real-time monitoring
  • 🔄 Bi-directional sync
  • 🤖 Machine learning for pattern detection

🚀 Version 3.0 (Q2 2026)

  • ☁️ Cloud deployment options
  • 🔗 Integration with SIEM platforms
  • 📱 Mobile app for monitoring
  • 🌍 Multi-language support

💡 Pro Tips

  1. 🚀 Performance: Use SSD for log storage
  2. 🔒 Security: Rotate credentials every 90 days
  3. 📊 Analytics: Export weekly reports for trending
  4. 🔄 Automation: Use systemd timers over cron
  5. 📧 Emails: Use app-specific passwords for SMTP
  6. 🌐 Network: Use dedicated management VLAN
  7. 💾 Backup: Regular backup of configuration
  8. 📝 Documentation: Keep FortiGate list updated

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FortiGateToAbuseIPDB is a Python script that allows you to read all IPv4/IPv6 addresses from the FortiGate quarantine list, forward the malicious IPs to the AbuseIPDB service, and then clear the list.

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