Check Point just updated SK 100173 which references the new OpenSSL vulnerability. According to the SK article the following products are not affected: Security Gateway Security Management Server Multi-Domain Security Management Server Endpoint Security Management Server Endpoint Connect clients SSL
12600 Internals
I had a customer whose 12600 recently went bad. Check Point RMA’d the unit, and we had the replacement the next day. The original had extra RAM (Check Point supplied…of course), so I was able to open the appliance…and take
Check Point’s DMN EVAL Generator Not Creating .lic Files in the User Center
FYI anyone trying to generate a “Domain Management” eval license, the back-end that creates the license file has been down for almost a week. You can send evals to your customers, fill out the information for the eval (IP Address,
R75.47 the New “Gold” Standard?
I have been working with Check Point Support on some issues for a client the past few weeks. Whenever I talk to a Support engineer that seems to know his/her stuff I ask them about what they are seeing for
R77 Available
R77 is now available for download. Check Point had been running an R77 banner for several weeks, and it looks like the download is now available. Stability fixes from R75.46 (not R75.47) and R76 are included. Here is a quick
Check Point Upgrade Path Diagrams Version 5
I made some changes to reflect the corrections in the official Check Point Release Notes, as well as included a new diagram for R76/R75.40VS. The R71 options are getting pretty complicated. If you click on the images below, they will
AlgoSec Listed in Top 10 Hottest Products at RSA
http://www.networkworld.com/slideshow/88079/hottest-products-at-rsa-conference-2013.html#slide8 I can definitely vouch for that. Looking forward to the new 6.4 release. Make sure AlgoSec is in your shortlist if you are looking at products that identify risk, and help clean-up and organize your ever expanding firewall policies.
Update: Check Point Upgrade Diagrams V4…
Updated the Upgrade Diagrams on Oct 9th 2012 to reflect the following changes: Included R75.45 and R75.40VS
R75.45 is GA
Apparently R75.45 was posted for GA download on Friday Oct. 5th. This is great news as it is mainly a “bugfix” release. Wish I would have known it came out on Friday, as I was installing a newer
Update: Check Point Upgrade Diagrams…
I left Check Point (after seven years) to work with another security related company and now I am back (although as a consultant). The original “Upgrade Diagrams” were published in the spring of 2011, and had over 10,000 downloads. Having