Just a quick note here, mainly for some of my customers. The Dell R610 has been added to the Check Point Open Server HCL. Looks like it is only for R70 at this point and no word if support for
R65 HFA50 EA Open to the Public
Just announced this morning, the R65 HFA50 EA program is now open to the public. There does not appear to be any new features, just an extensive list of “resolved issues.” This is very exciting news as it will also
R70.1 EA is now public
Quietly released today was an announcement that R70.1 EA (early availability) is now public…well sort of. Upcoming features in R70.1: Smart Workflow SmartWorkflow is a full-featured security policy change management solution, incorporated into the Security Management Server and Provider-1 Environments.
Check Point Acquisition of Nokia Security is Complete
Well it is official: Check Point has completed the acquisition of Nokia Security. Yahoo’s Confirmation Check Point’s Confirmation Nokia’s Confirmation Word is that Nokia employees already have an internal welcome portal, and are rapidly being plugged into the mothership. I
Where is the Conficker protection in Smart Defense?
I provided a few screen shots showing where the SmartDefense protection is for Conficker. Here is the “short but sweet” way to find it in R65: Open SmartDashboard and go to the SmartDefense Tab. Select: Application Intelligence –> MS-RPC –>
HFA50 for R65 2.6 End of Q209
The original party line from Check Point on R65 2.6 was that there was to be no HFAs created to support this release; only individual HotFixes. Well apparently there was a loud enough cry from the field (hello Dell 1950/2950
Moving to R70? Look at sk37042 First
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).
R70 is Generally Available Today
As of this morning R70 is available to the public! Login into the Downloads section, and you will see that the .iso images are have been posted. Lots of great stuff in R70 all delivered on the 2.6 kernel. Now
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