“A security company that focuses on marketing is really just a marketing company” – Greg Young, Gartner Group Amen.
Check Point SKO 2016 QOTD
Latest Jumbo Fixes
Check Point just updated the Jumbo Fixes: R77.20 is at ‘take 180’ R77.30 is at ‘take 98’ For CPUSE cloud HotFixes, you can use the following: Check_Point_R77_20_JUMBO_HF_1_Bundle_TXXX.tgz <–substitute the ‘XXX’ for the Jumbo Fix you need to apply.
All I Want for X-mas is an R80 SmartEvent EA Client that Works
Awesome. Does this on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Separate downloads, verified checksum. I suppose it is EA, but still, no fun.
Check Point and the 2015 Leap Second
At UTC 23:59:60:00 on June 30th 2015, there will be another “leap second.” this means that a one second adjustment will be inserted in order to compensate for the drift between the Earth’s
CPX 2015 Presentations Now Available Online
If you have a User Center account, you can now download the presentations (in .pdf) that were given at CPX this year. CPX Washington DC 2015 Presentations
R77.30 is Available
From Check point’s page: R77.30 was released on May 19, 2015 and it consolidates all previous releases. From within CPUSE: So what is new? Some highlights: Threat Extraction
www.threat-cloud.com is launched…
Wow. Check Point launched a beta version of its Threat Cloud site, and it has some great information and tools (even for non-Check Point customers). On the site they have several categories: ThreatBlog – Looks
Showing DHCP Leases on Check Point Gateways
I wouldn’t normally recommend using a gateway as a DHCP server (most environments don’t need to), but it can be useful in a smaller environment or lab scenario. Getting R77.20 GAiA setup to provide addresses is a whole other topic.
Threat Emulation: SWF Be Careful With This Update
I have been working with several customers on their Threat Emulation deployment. Check Point has been very aggressive with updating the file types that this Software Blade supports. There was an update a week and a half ago which included
Got a New DL360 for My Lab…Oh Well…
I suppose there is something to be said for “turnkey” solutions like the 2012 Appliances. Wonder how long it will take me to figure this one out.