I am heading to the Dallas office to meet with some people in the Check Point support and training services over the next few days. I am bringing a camera, so there might be some photos of the trip.
Updated Release Notification Information
With the newer Check Point “Pure” theme and changes to the User Center, I updated the “Release Notification” page. This will show you how to subscribe to the Check Point mailing list for new software releases and HFAs. Very important
Licensing SNX with P1
Well this is mainly a post for myself since I keep forgetting what the procedure is for licensing SNX in NGX. You would think that when licensing SNX it would use the CMA IP or gateway IP right? Well no.
SCP and SPlat
A common question I get from customers is how to securely copy files to and from a SPlat box. Most people assume that because SSH is enabled that SCP and SFTP are enabled as well. SFTP is a tool which
R65 released
Check Point released R65 on Monday. This press announcement will give you more info. Along with the R65 release Check Point debuts its new website and colors, and a new logo for the year: “Pure Security.” The release notes have
Got DST?
I have had a lot of questions regarding the new Daylight Saving Time (DST) for North America. Traditionally, DST takes place in the first week of April. However starting in 2007 that has been moved to to March. Check out
Licensing MDS Pro Add-ons
Came across this last week: Had a customer that wanted SmartView Monitor for their MDS-10. In Provider-1 this requires adding the ‘MDS Pro Add-on.’ The Pro Add-on essentially gives Provider-1 customers the features that you get in SmartCenter Power: “The
Check Point Announces intent to acquire Pointsec
Gil Schwed announced today that Check Point will acquire Stockholm based Data Security vendor Pointsec. This is expected to close by Dec 22nd. Pointsec produces software that “ensure that data stored on mobile computing devices such as laptops, PDAs, and
An Open Letter to Richard Stiennon
Richard, I found your letter extremely misleading and irresponsible. Your analysis is flawed and incomplete in many areas. You start out by making some very odd and false assumptions that we readers are supposed to blindly accept:
SmartDefense Updates in R61 and R62
I had an interesting question from a customer last week. They had recently moved their SmartCenter from R55 to R61. After doing this doing this they noticed the “Check for new updates when SmartDashboard is started” check box was missing