“Avatar” is the new version of VE, and is specifically designed for a VMWare environment. It was just announced early this morning that it is now available for Public EA. I will have more info late r in the day including the Release Notes for download…
Update: Alright I got a little side tracked with an unexpected appendectomy on Wednesday, but I am back. Below are the release notes for Avatar:
Was working on an HP DL380 in my lab, and needed a quick way to setup a DHCP server so that I could get an IP on the iLo module. That’s when I found this cool Open Source utility: TFTPD32 This little app has a TFTP Server, TFT Client, DHCP Server, and Syslog Server. So [...]
Check Point just announced public EA availability for ‘Discovery.’ This is the replacement for SecureClient. ‘Discovery’ supports XP, Vista, and Windows 7 including the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I think that the 64 bit support is going to be one of the key features on this as most new PCs are shipping with [...]
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Released just in time for CPX in Las Vegas, R71 was posted today. Major highlights: New DLP Blade Integrated IPS-1 Management Firewall Rule Expiration <—–Wow Performance Enhancements Provider-1 Enhancements Eventia renamed to SmartEvent and more…. Looks like you can upgrade from R65 and forward. Includes all the HFAs in R65 HFA60 and R70.20
The new HFA02 for VSX is now available for public EA. This is a good sign, and I would expect to see it go public GA in the next few weeks. See my previous post for a link to the release notes.
It was just announced internally at Check Point that HFA02 for VSX R65 is being released. As far as “what is new”, it looks to be a list of a dozen or so issues that have been addressed. Word is that this will be made GA in the next few weeks. I have the release [...]
Saw today in the ‘downloads’ section that R70.30 has been released. Not a whole of fixes that have been documented at this point. It is possible that more ‘fixes’ are included than are actually documented in the release notes. I have the Release Notes and Installation Guide posted below: R70.30 Release Notes R70.30 Installation Guide
I had mentioned in a previous post that R70 had been submitted for Common Criteria Certification. Looks like the NIAP page was updated recently as it now reflects R70 and several other products. R70 “Software Blades” will be certified on Open Servers, and on the Power-1 and UTM platforms (see VID 10387 and 10388). Again, [...]
Saw this over on the NIAP page last week. Scroll down to the Check Point listings, and you will see a new entry: Looks like VSX R65 and Provider-1 R70 were submitted for evaluation on Dec 21st 2009. This is great news for anyone running or considering these products. Both have a very strong history [...]