Absolute Beginner’s Guide to R80.x

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Author: @Craig_Brehm 

Abstract

This document is intended for people who wish to get some hands-on experience with Check Point R80.x even if they have never touched it before. We will start by downloading the GAIA ISO and creating a Virtual Machine using either VMware Workstation or VirtualBox on your PC. Use your Windows PC as the host for the Virtual Machine and as the client for running SmartConsole.

Note: This lab has a Check Point device with a single interface. There is no “passing of traffic” through the security gateway in this lab. This is intended to keep it simple. The following exercises are simply a way to get hands-on experience with the basics of R80 (ISO installation, SmartConsole basics, object creation, rule creation, etc). You will see some traffic & logs based on the traffic between your host computer and the interface on the Check Point virtual machine. This is enough to get the basics.

You can share this document with colleagues and friends, who has never installed GAIA before, and they should be able to follow these instructions to get started on their path to Check Point greatness.

Some knowledge of Windows networking and software installation is assumed. While we have included the steps for installing SmartConsole, it is up to the reader to provide a copy of VMware Workstation or Oracle’s VirtualBox software. VirtualBox is a free download, and is a great alternative to expensive commercial software. Be sure to check with your IT Department before you install any software on a computer that you do not own!

This is a very basic exercise that will lead you step-by-step through the process of locating and downloading the GAIA operating system, creating a Virtual Machine, completing the GAIA installation, and configuring a Standalone system you can use to get your introduction to R80.x

For more details, please download the attached guide.