topic Re: Hardening Extension in SmartConsole Extensions

Hardening Extension

Danny — Wed, 06 May 2026 08:30:02 GMT

👨‍💻 Automates Check Point's Hardening Guide
🚦 Provides an overview and overall hardening score
🔎 Allows to filter and drill into every check

SmartConsole Extension to add a Hardening Dashboard to the 'Gateways & Servers' toolbar.

Extension URL: https://dannyjung.de/hardening.json

Installation: SmartConsole > Manage & Settings > Preferences > SmartConsole Extensions

Re: Hardening Extension

Wolfgang — Wed, 06 May 2026 04:59:26 GMT

@Danny , you're the best. So many useful extensions that make daily work easier.

Re: Hardening Extension

simonemantovani — Wed, 06 May 2026 07:03:06 GMT

Great job ... as usual

Re: Hardening Extension

BertEtienne — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:10:37 GMT

Useful, thanks!

Re: Hardening Extension

BertEtienne — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:31:19 GMT

Hi Danny,

I guess this is not supported on a Smart-1-Cloud environment and only local SMS?

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Re: Hardening Extension

BertEtienne — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:02:52 GMT

On prem i get a different error, after which smartconsole crashes.
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Re: Hardening Extension

jmcclymont — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:29:25 GMT

hello danny,

great job, but i get an timeout when i want to reach the extension: https://dannyjung.de/hardening.json

i tried it from different sites. what can i do?

thx

jeff

Re: Hardening Extension

Danny — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:32:41 GMT

@jmcclymont : Works for me when I click on it. Try it from your mobile. It's probably your proxy settings.

Re: Hardening Extension

jmcclymont — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:02:46 GMT

hi danny,

i found the reason and youre ip is a part of a blacklist called "blocklist.de" http://opendbl.net/lists/blocklistde-all.list.

i setup a manualy whitelist entry.

thx

jeff

Re: Hardening Extension

Jan_Kleinhans — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:21:33 GMT

Hello Danny,

which Release is needed? Does it work with VSX Clusters ?

Regards,

Jan

Re: Hardening Extension

Danny — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:04:26 GMT

Hi Jan, all supported Check Point versions should work.

What's your specific VSX requirement?
Gaia OS hardening settings are applied at the host VSX host and inherited by all VSs running on that host.

Re: Hardening Extension

Jan_Kleinhans — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:06:02 GMT

Hello,

I have no specific requirement. But the extension crashes on R82.00 Management and I wanted to know if something is not supported.

Regards,

Jan

Re: Hardening Extension

Danny — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:45:03 GMT

@Jan_Kleinhans : Please open the extension and switch to Mode: Commit before trying again.

Re: Hardening Extension

Jan_Kleinhans — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:11:54 GMT

Hello,

now it works. Very strange. I tested it yesterday also with commit mode and it failed because of a parsing error. Today it works with commit mode. With auto mode the smartconsole crashes.

Also the VSX Clusters are not shown in the output.

But overall a good extension.

Regards,

Jan