R77.20 was released on July 3rd. It addresses a lot of stability issues, which is why I was recommending to my customers that they stay on R75.47 unless they needed some of the new functionality in R77.x. From the
Updated 2014 Upgrade Diagram
Check Point made some new additions in their release notes that better define the path to R77.10. It looks as though we are reaching a tipping point, in that certain versions on SPlat can be upgraded only if it is
So Long R71
As of May 1st, R71 is officially retired. You did migrate up to R75, R76, or R77, right?
New 2014 Upgrade Diagram
Posted here is the current upgrade diagram for R75, R76 and R77. With Check Point no longer supporting R70 and R71, the upgrade diagram has simplified…for now.
Heartbleed CVE-2014-0160 and Check Point
Check Point just updated SK 100173 which references the new OpenSSL vulnerability. According to the SK article the following products are not affected: Security Gateway Security Management Server Multi-Domain Security Management Server Endpoint Security Management Server Endpoint Connect clients SSL
12600 Internals
I had a customer whose 12600 recently went bad. Check Point RMA’d the unit, and we had the replacement the next day. The original had extra RAM (Check Point supplied…of course), so I was able to open the appliance…and take
Check Point’s DMN EVAL Generator Not Creating .lic Files in the User Center
FYI anyone trying to generate a “Domain Management” eval license, the back-end that creates the license file has been down for almost a week. You can send evals to your customers, fill out the information for the eval (IP Address,
Check Point GO (Formerly ABRA) End of Sale
I received this email on October 25th: Effective December 31, 2013, Check Point GO device will no longer be available for sale. The final software version is R75 HFA 5, no additional versions will
R75.47 the New “Gold” Standard?
I have been working with Check Point Support on some issues for a client the past few weeks. Whenever I talk to a Support engineer that seems to know his/her stuff I ask them about what they are seeing for
R77 Available
R77 is now available for download. Check Point had been running an R77 banner for several weeks, and it looks like the download is now available. Stability fixes from R75.46 (not R75.47) and R76 are included. Here is a quick