With the release of R70 last week, a lot of people are now considering the timing for their upgrade. Before you get too far you may want to take a look at the sk37042 “R70 Known Limitations” document. This will
R70 Release Notes Here
If you want to take a look at the release Notes for R70…. I have it posted here. Some notable changes for R70: Solaris is no longer supported as an OS platform for the Security Gateway. Software Blades (of course).
R65 HFA30 EAL4 Common Criteria Certified
Expect to see an announcement on this in the next few weeks… R65 HFA30 and SmartConsole R65 HFA01 have achieved a Common Criteria certification level of EAL4. This certification covers a broad selection of CheckPoint products including appliances. The certified
R70 Coming Soon…
The R70 release is nearing. For those of you lucky to be in the EA program, you know already how great this release is shaping up to be. If you are going to CPX 2009, you will get a complete
HFA40 and P1shell
HFA40 for Provider-1 is mainly a set of enhancements. One of these enhancements is ‘P1shell.’ This is an alternative shell for Provider-1 that allows an admin to run Provider-1 specific commands without having Root access. You can set it to
Have you moved to R65 yet?
If not, you need to start considering an upgrade no later than June 1st 2009, as that is when support will end for R60 to R62. R70 is just around the corner, so you will have a couple of choices.
HFA40 for Provider-1 R65…
Looks like the HFA40 package is the same for Provider-1 and VPN-1, and UTM-1. No need to download it twice like I did 🙂 Two interesting things to test out are the new Provider-1 Shell and the Cross CMA-Shell (finally!).
HFA40 for R65 has been released…
Hopefully you received an email notification. Taking at a look at the release notes right now…
Renaming Global Objects in Provider-1
I do a lot of work with Provider-1 customers and this question comes up every once in a while. They are usually going through the process of cleaning up their objects and policies. It is during this process that they
VPN-1 Power VSX Appliances Released
Back in early December ’08 Check Point quietly released three new appliances for VSX. A quick note to those not familiar with VSX: it is Check Point’s virtual firewall product and has been around for almost ten years. VSX started