From the Release Notes: What’s New in R71.40 Upgrade from R70.40 directly to R71.40 Security Management IPS improvements SmartEvent enhancements. Increase pattern granularity – Header rejection, HTTP worm catcher and Cifs worm catcher patterns were converted into separate protections,
R71.40 is Public EA
Some interesting new enhancements (from the notes): Security Management IPS improvements SmartEvent enhancements Increase pattern granularity – Header rejection, Http worm catcher and Cifs worm catcher patterns were converted into separate protections, giving more granularity in their settings. This feature
Upgrade and Roadmap Diagrams Now Include R75.10
Below are the latest diagrams for all the R7x releases. The following was modified: Now reflects R75.10 GA links and information Noted that R65.4 cannot be upgraded directly to R70, R71, or R75
R75.10 is GA
I will update my diagrams tonight….
Upgrade Path Diagram Now Includes R75.10 EA
Looks like the only way to get to R75.10 is directly from vanilla R75. I have changed the diagrams to reflect this latest information, and made a change to reflect the R71.30 to R75 issue (thanks to pabouk on CPUG)
New NSS Labs NGFW Report
On Check Point’s page today there was an announcement that NSS had completed an evaluation and certification of R75 as the first true Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). Apparently there is a group test that was completed, and so far only
VSX R67.10 is now Public EA
Just announced this morning VSX R67.10 is now public EA (Early Availbility). The following has been added to VSX: Support for Endpoint Security VPN R75. Improved synchronization. Support for synchronization of cluster members with different minor version using the procedure
CCMSE+VSX Exam Sections
This is a quick follow-up to a questions that someone had about the break down of the sections of the CCMSE+VSX exam. There are a total of seven sections on the exam. The following sections are taken directly from
Passed the CCMSE+VSX Exam
I passed the CCMSE+VSX exam today. Check Point does not have this test listed on their cert site right now, but it is still available at the VUE testing centers. Through the years I have helped design and implement
R70 R71 R75 Upgrade Path Diagrams
I am constantly receiving questions about how to move to a particular build. It usually requires reading a half a dozen release notes. I simplified this process by doing the research for you and creating some diagrams. These diagrams show