Here’s a quick one: In a previous posting I explained how when using SNX in a Provider-1 environment, you needed to license SNX to the IP of the MDS (Multi-Domain Server). Apparently this has now changed. When using Provider-1 R65
HFA 30 Released for R65
This was kind of a quiet HFA release, but HFA 30 for R65 was officially posted on Sept. 14th. Previous to HFA30, there was HFA02 and HFA25 (for messaging security). There are some interesting fixes in HFA30: The Dshield certificate
Mitigating CVE-2008-1447…DNS Cache Poisoning Pt.2
Still some confusion out there as to what conditions need to exist for the latest DNS cache poisoning vulnerability. Many people are thinking that once they patch their DNS servers that the risk has been mitigated. However I am finding
Mitigating CVE-2008-1447…DNS Cache Poisoning
There is a huge issue that was raised a few weeks ago about a vulnerability in DNS and how a DNS server’s cache can be poisoned. There is a lot of information out there describing this latest vulnerability. Basically what
Enabling SPlat Pro after installation
Had a question from a customer last week. They had a bunch of R65 SPlat gateways out in the field. In past they were just passing BGP and OSPF, and they now wanted some of them to participate in dynamic
Eventia Compliance Reports Matrix
In previous Eventia postings I discussed the new Compliance Reports available for Reporter, and presented information on how to install them. These are the new reports that directly reference ISO 17799, COBIT, PCI-DSS, SOX, and HIPAA. Looks like Check Point
Check Point Eye Candy
There is a cool Flash demo that was released last month from Check Point. I have not seen it published publicly yet, but the demo includes narration and gives the user a tour of the Check Point Unified Security Architecture.
Updates to Eventia Analyzer
There were some new updates posted for Eventia Analyzer on Feb 19th. The updates are delivered through the “dynamic updates” function in the Analyzer GUI. Check Point is making updates to both the Analyer “Policy” and “Parsing” components. I found
R62 HFA01 in the works…
Despite what a certain reseller’s engineer that I know has been telling a lot of customers, there is in fact an HFA01 for R62 in the works. Word is that it is in EA and will be released in the
Eventia Compliance Reports Installation How-To
As promised I created a quick ‘how-to’ for installing the new Compliance Reports. The installation is preformed on the Client only. Nothing is changed on the Eventia Server itself so this is a pretty low-risk. The installation is also pretty