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.
R75.40 mds_restore script corrupted
I ran into an issue last week when moving an MDM/Provider-1 config to a new appliance. Apparently it is a known issue at Check Point, and there is a somewhat hidden SK article that includes a download
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
R75.40 Virtual Systems Download and Documents Available
Searching the Check Point Support Center on “Virtual Systems” turns up older documents and downloads. However searching on “R75.40VS” will will bring up the results for R75 Virtual Systems. Looks like sk76540 is the solution ID for the new portal
New Version of VSX Announced…
Check Point made an announcement regarding the next version of VSX this morning. Looks like VSX has been renamed to “Virtual Systems” and will support the software blade architecture. This means we will now get full functionality (hopefully) for the
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
R75 CCSA and CCSE Exams Available
It has been reported in a few places that the R75 CCSA and CCSE exams should be available now. I went out to Pearson VUE’s page this morning to verify, and both of the exams are currently available.
R75.40 and GAIA are GA
If you were at CPX you saw the announcement regarding R75.40. GAIA has been in the works for over three years, and is now officially here. The following link will take you to the R75.40 portal page. Lots of new