From time to time I find myself in the position of explaining the type of work that I do to people who are not in IT (holiday parties, relatives, etc). I sometimes just have to say my line of work
R71 Virtual Edition is GA and Available for Download
The Early Availability (EA) period for “Avatar” ended sometime in the past week. On Oct 3rd. Check Point posted the R71 Virtual Edition (VE). This is the second version of the VE product, and is tailored for the vSphere 4.0
R71.20 is Public EA
Just announced, R70.20 is available for public EA. Some of the highlights in this new release include: Security Gateway 80 gateways for centrally managed branch offices Installation of Security Management Server on Microsoft Windows 7 UTM-1 Edge N Series and
Avatar is Public EA…
“Avatar” is the new version of VE, and is specifically designed for a VMWare environment. It was just announced early this morning that it is now available for Public EA. I will have more info late r in the day
TFTPD32
Was working on an HP DL380 in my lab, and needed a quick way to setup a DHCP server so that I could get an IP on the iLo module. That’s when I found this cool Open Source utility: TFTPD32
New VPN Client ‘Discovery’ is Public GA
Check Point just announced public EA availability for ‘Discovery.’ This is the replacement for SecureClient. ‘Discovery’ supports XP, Vista, and Windows 7 including the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I think that the 64 bit support is going to
R71 Firewall Rule Expiration Demonstration
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R71 is GA
Released just in time for CPX in Las Vegas, R71 was posted today. Major highlights: New DLP Blade Integrated IPS-1 Management Firewall Rule Expiration <—–Wow Performance Enhancements Provider-1 Enhancements Eventia renamed to SmartEvent and more…. Looks like you can upgrade
VSX NGX R65 HFA02 Now Public EA
The new HFA02 for VSX is now available for public EA. This is a good sign, and I would expect to see it go public GA in the next few weeks. See my previous post for a link to the
VSX NGX R65 HFA02 in EA
It was just announced internally at Check Point that HFA02 for VSX R65 is being released. As far as “what is new”, it looks to be a list of a dozen or so issues that have been addressed. Word is