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Website to check latest IPS update version number

prasanga — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:48:02 GMT

Hi,

Is there a website where I can check the latest IPS definition number ?

So I can cross check with the one actually installed in my firewall.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:04:21 GMT

You can use this page (used for offline updates)

https://www.checkpoint.com/defense/updates/index.html

For R80.X press on the link for Version Information. When I do this I received 635215795

HTH

Tal

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Timothy_Hall — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:56:52 GMT

That URL does not appear to be accessible to non-Check Point employees, as I'm getting an "Unauthorized" even though I am signed in to the User Center.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:59:12 GMT

Thank you for the update.

Will check for an alternative method.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

G_W_Albrecht — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:29:40 GMT

https://www.checkpoint.com/advisories/

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

_Val_ — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:31:39 GMT

@Tal_Paz-Fridman this is a very old link indeed 🙂 Should be decommissioned long time ago.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

prasanga — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 02:52:35 GMT

I checked the site. But what I exactly want is the latest IPS definition number released.

thanks

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:58:43 GMT

Still trying to see if there is a simple way.

BTW, did you manage to login to https://www.checkpoint.com/defense/updates/index.html

Thanks

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

prasanga — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 05:01:55 GMT

I cannot login to that. I am a Checkpoint Customer. Not a partner.

Thanks.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 05:04:43 GMT

It should be open to customers with valid IPS license / subscription.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Tomer_Kashayov — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:11:05 GMT

Are you subscribed to ips-news@checkpoint.com?

you will get an email for each new package including new content details.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

prasanga — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:25:36 GMT

Thanks a lot.

I am already subscribed to this but I did not notice until now that it contains this information.

Thanks.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Tomer_Kashayov — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:12:02 GMT

In addition, there are SmartConsole notifications for security updates in Security policies > Threat Prevention > Updates

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Avi_Bechor — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:48:19 GMT

Hi,

As Tomer replied, we recommend our customers to subscribe to security updates using the following link:

https://www.checkpoint.com/security-advisories-subscription/

Additionally, it is possible to use the MGMT CLI command for more IPS update information, as detailed in the documentation below and received the last version.

mgmt_cli show ips-status

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/latest/APIs/#cli/show-ips-status~v1.8%20

Thanks,

Avi

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Sven_Glock — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:13:26 GMT

Hi @prasanga ,

I found something that could be what you looked for: https://www-app.checkpoint.com/defense/updates/SmartDefense/protected/6/r80-offline/ips.version.txt

Regards
Sven

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Sven_Glock — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:22:22 GMT

For some kind of reason my link is no longer showing actul version...

So I had to switch to @Avi_Bechor 's solution using API:

[Expert@cp:0]# mgmt_cli show ips-status --session-id "<id>"
last-updated:
posix: 1699830765000
iso-8601: "2023-11-13T00:12+0100"
installed-version: "635237571"
installed-version-creation-time:
posix: 1699783200000
iso-8601: "2023-11-12T11:00+0100"
update-available: false
latest-version: "635237571"
latest-version-creation-time:
posix: 1699783200000
iso-8601: "2023-11-12T11:00+0100"

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Douglas_Rich — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:34:07 GMT

that link stopped updating 2023-11-08

I've reached out to CP TAC and our SE to see if we can get it fixed.

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Sven_Glock — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 07:52:44 GMT

In the meanwhile I am using skyline. There you will find a metric that is providing latest ips version.
Using this you can additionally build nice graphs showing release time of every single IPS version.

...very helpful in case of probems with fresh released IPS signatures!

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

jccc — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:07:36 GMT

Hi Sven - would you mind sharing the metric you're using and perhaps even the visualisation?

Thanks

Re: Website to check latest IPS update version number

Sven_Glock — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:35:04 GMT

The code I am using including the metric is: max(latest_ips_version)

The visualisation is a simple time series:

(please ignore the gaps in the graph 🙂)