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Article Id 189628
Description

This article describes the information about System Event log:

"Administrator admin login failed from https x.x.x.x because of invalid password"

"Administrator admin login failed from ssh x.x.x.x because of invalid password"



Solution
Steps by steps:

_ Fortinet TAC recommend to disable SSH and HTTPS access on the wan(egress) ports.

CLI:

config system interface
edit "wan"
set allowaccess ping https ssh http telnet   //here remove https and ssh
next
end

GUI:

Go to Network Interface Edit the concerned wan interface and uncheck the https and ssh.

_ If still there is a requirement to enable https and ssh on the egress ports then customer can configure trusted hosts.(See Related Articles)

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