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bgpdebug.sh

A new Bash script that automates all debug steps from sk101399 for debugging BGP and the RouteD daemon of Check Point Security Gateways. All output and logfiles are put together in a single directory...

R81 now widely recommended version

As of today Check Point’s default version and considered widely recommended for all deployments is R81 (Take 392) with Jumbo Hotfix Take 36. For more information about R81, which was released on October 22...

R81.10 has been released

Check Point released its newest version R81.10 on July 6th. Check Point says “R81.10 brings a major improvement in operational security efficiency across the management server’s reliability, performance, and scale. Critical operations such as...

R81.10 Public EA is available

Check Point launched the Public Early Availability (EA) program for their upcoming R81.10 release. The GA is expected in Q2/Q3. The Production EA was announced in February. How to register? UserCenter:Register to the Public...

Announcing ‘Magnus Holmberg Explains’ video series

Starting today, and in collaboration with Magnus Holmberg, his award-winning Check Point videos are also made available on this site. Magnus Holmberg, Security Architect at a Swedish Service Provider and fellow member of the...

R81.10 EA Program now available

Check Point launched the R81.10 Early Availability program for production environments. The GA release of R81.10 is expected in Q2, though not officially confirmed. From the announcement on CheckMates: Check Point’s Cyber Security Platform...

vsxexport.sh

Imagine a Life Cycle Management project where you have to upgrade a VSX gateway with new hardware. Imagine a crashed VSX gateway you need to reinstall whether it is on the same or RMA...

CheckMates Toolbox launched

Last friday CheckMates introduced a new community space: CheckMates Toolbox. It’s a collection of various tools like scripts, one-liners, SmartConsole extensions, SmartEvent and compliance reports. Tools that are created by and for the CheckMates...

Nominated twice for Best Contribution of the Year

I’m really honoured that two of my code contributions to CheckMates are nominated for Best Contribution of the Year 2020. The first nominated code was published in March. With this script you can bulk...

Check Point releases R81

Check Point released their newest major version today and introduces Cyber Security Platform R81 as the industry’s most advanced Threat Prevention and security management software that delivers uncompromising simplicity and consolidation across the enterprise....