R75 is GA

R75 was posted on December 26th. The main feature here is the new Application Control Blade. Should be fun stuff.

*Update – Looks like the update is 1.2 gig. Taking a little longer to get this into my lab.

Tweet This Post

R71.30 is Public EA

This morning R71.30 is now public EA (Early Availability). “What’s New” from the release notes:

New VPN Client Support

Endpoint Security VPN R75 (SecureClient Next Generation) for Windows 7 32bit/64bit

Check Point Mobile for iPhone and iPad

Provider-1

Adds SNMP Thresholds to enhance SNMP monitoring & trapping

Adds tooltip to display [...]

Check Point R70 R71 and R75 Visual Roadmap

R70 was released in March of 2009, and there have been many “dot” releases since then. I frequently get questions about what versions customers should be considering. I always respond that it depends on what enhancements or bug fixes they need. One way to figure this out is to comb through the different release notes [...]

Check Point AppWiki is Live

With the introduction of the Application Control Software Blade just around the corner, Check Point is providing an application look-up tool called AppWiki. This is available to the public and allows you to see what applications are identified in the Security Gateway. The applications are grouped based on the type, and are assigned a risk [...]

R75 Available for Internal Eval

R75 was just announced internally, meaning that Check Point SEs now have access to the next release. So here is what to expect with this new release:

Application Control Software Blade

The Security Gateway can now identify applications trying to pass through it Over 4,500 Applications Listed Over 50,000 Web 2.0 Widgets Create rules based [...]

R71 CCSA and CCSE Exams are Live

I was looking at the Pearson VUE website last night, and it was showing that the R71 exams were listed, but that they had not been ‘uploaded.’ I checked back this morning and apparently they have finished the upload, as you can now register for them.

VUE exam registration page

Tweet This [...]