topic Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current? in SASE and Remote Access

Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

jdoe1979 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:35:57 GMT

Hi all,
What's the current version of Harmony Connect and is there a resource to track the upgrades?

I'm assuming it's R81.x but probably not the latest?

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

_Val_ — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:43:51 GMT

R81.x is the Network Security versioning, Harmony Connect has a different numbering.

What is the concern? Harmony Connect is updated automatically through our cloud services. The process should be fairly transparent for you.

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

Chris_Atkinson — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:31:37 GMT

The Harmony Connect client versions are not aligned to R81.x or E87.x versioning.

For Harmony Connect news & updates, please refer:

sk155574: Harmony Connect - What's New?

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

jdoe1979 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:51:53 GMT

well, what's the current feature set?
I just saw the blog boasting the Miercom report - but that's for NGFW. So is it running Titan or there's a lag to quality/certify it for Harmony Connect?
There are no release guides either. I can't expect customers to commit to a product blindly on the off chance it's running the latest and greatest.

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

jdoe1979 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:00:02 GMT

There's zero mention of any features. Mostly it's just cloud footprint updates.
I don't care much about the client, it's the service itself I need clarity on.

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

G_W_Albrecht — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:04:47 GMT

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

Chris_Atkinson — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:28:28 GMT

What are you referencing, datasheet or admin guides and which portion of the service is of interest Internet Access or Remote Access?

https://www.checkpoint.com/downloads/products/harmony-connect-product-brief.pdf

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Infinity_Portal/WebAdminGuides/EN/Harmony-Connect-Admin-Guide/Topics-Harmony-Connect-AG/Introduction/Introduction.htm

Your local SE can share additional detail and road-map info as required.

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

jdoe1979 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:28:02 GMT

Single repository of all new features and changes.
datasheets are meaningless in that sense and admin guide requires going through config settings and comparing those to NGFW.
Something like these, all major SASE players provide this info.
https://help.zscaler.com/zpa/release-upgrade-summary-2023

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

_Val_ — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:34:30 GMT

@jdoe1979 I am curious about what you are looking for. If the basic info about Harmony Connect, here is the document.

If about new features and updates, this is the answer: sk155574: Harmony Connect - What's New?

If anything else entirely, please do elaborate.

Harmony connect is not part of Quantum releases, hence your assumptions about versions and features are off the mark. completely.

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

the_rock — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:33:54 GMT

I believe you are looking for something like this, except this is for jumbo fixes. Am I right in assuming so?

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R81.10/R81.10/Take_93.htm?tocpath=_____6

If so, then I believe what @_Val_ gave below might be the closest to it.

https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk155574

Andy

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

Chris_Atkinson — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 21:54:48 GMT

Re: Harmony Connect firmware version - what's the current?

Marcel_Gramalla — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:14:23 GMT

The Gateways for the Internet Access part are no magic as you might guessed already. In our tennant they are R81.10 at the moment. I guess they will be updated to R81.20 quite fast once the first Jumbo is out but we haven't been through the process yet (if any).

@Chris_Atkinson showed the documentation where all features like Anti-Virus etc. are listed.