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R80.20 SmartConsole Update 081

R80.20 SmartConsole Build 081 was released today. It is always a good idea to run the latest SmartConsole (Jumbo Fixes not necessarily, but SmartConsole updates tend to bring stability).

R80.30 Shows ‘Recommended’ in CPUSE

Saw the announcement in Phoneboy’s email this morning. It is true, R80.30 has now made it into the mainstream.

I keep running into this when moving a configuration from R77.x to R80.x It’s interesting how many R77.x gateways out there never moved to 64-bit when they had the chance. Every once in a while this setting tries to slip

The Best CPX Presentation You Didn’t See

I doubt that any customers saw this presentation at CPX, as it was held on the “partner” day. This is a great Cloud summary video for architects and management especially. Grant Asplund hammers home some interesting facts, including how few

At CPX

Are you there?

Forcenock?

Check Point made an acquisition announcement today. There is not much information, but I have been able to find the following: The company was formed in 2017 The company was Israeli-based The acquisition was for less than $10 million I

CheckPoint Mobile E80.x with Azure Multi Factor Authentication – Video

This is a short video showing what the end-user experience when using a third-party multi-factor authentication (MFA) product. In this case the customer requested to use Azure Active Directory for the MFA. This project was completed in under a week

R80.20 Backwards Compatibility Problems

I have been seeing R80.20 upgrade problems the past few months with a few of my customers. One move was from R77.20 to R80.20 and the other from R77.30 to R80.20. These were “in-place” upgrades. In both cases, after the

CPDBL is Changing to…

CPDBL is changing its name to OpenDBL. This makes sense since the project is going to support more than just Check Point gateways. Also, it is very important to note that on December 9th 2019, the cpdbp.net domain will be