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SmartConsole shows No License and Contract is expired messages for IPS, AV, Application

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R82 MDM/MLM on XL-6000 Appliances SmartConsole slowness

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1087

Microsoft Teams - QoS setup on firewall

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396

Migration of Rules from Smart-1 Cloud to on-premises management system

396

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4614

Checkpoint VSX with Both L2 (Bridge mode) VS and L3 VS

481

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6859

ElasticXL (R82) vs ClusterXL Load Sharing — what changes in practice (architecture, traffic, sync, a

6859

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1145

CP Standalone Remote Access VPN Client for macOS Tahoe 26.3

1145

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516

Threat Emulation in production: how to run “zero-day control” without becoming a bottleneck

516

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2053

How to Roll Out IPS Updates Safely

2053

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531

R81.20 Local TE - Constant 10-minute delay on MTA/MFP scans

531

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959

Management-HA: Address spoofing error for FW_Log when gateway sends logs cross-site

959

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607

AIOps alerts and penalty box configuration

607

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710

Gaia WebUI / Admin Login Page Not Opening After Configuration on Check Point R77.20 VMware Lab

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539

Missing Undo (Crtl-Z) in SmartConsole

539

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929

hping/netcat removal from R82.10

929

Solved

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800

Restrict Access to Gaia Web Interface When RAVPN is in use

800

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1267

Issues with 19200 Appliance migration: ICMP over VPN (UPPAK) and Driver Incompatibility (KPPAK)

1267

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672

IPS Global Exceptions and Custom Policy

672

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387

Vulnerability scanner shows port 80 unsecured on 9100 gateway

387

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1832

HTTPS Inspection is always bypassed - "Inspection is not Required"

1832

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1301

Step by step guide for penalty box R82 and R81.20

1301

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6477

Check point vulnerable to CVE-2026-31431?

6477

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486

Prohibit the use of SSLv1, SSLv2, SSLv1 and TLSv1.0, TLSv1 protocols.1. Use TLSv1 protocols.2 and TL

486

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775

[Action Required] – Important notification to Customer with Threat Emulation blade enabled – An Upda

775

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1449

Gaia Portal recognized a non-valid values

1449

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1335

How to Understand and Approach IPv8 if It Becomes a Standard?

1335

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620

ClusterXL and Some Options to verify on ElasticXL

620

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341

Remote and local backups failing or not running

341

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1830

Fresh Install of R82 into VMWare - ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED before First Time Wizard started

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421

Some users experienced an immediate logout from Mobile Access

714

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268

Logs failing to send from firewall to remote SMS logger

268

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418

The requirement to adjust the Information Security Regulator

418

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572

Remote Access VPN - identity sources- username format

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2045

Troubleshooting 101 April 2026: Video and Slides

2045

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2278

R82.10 fail to install on xcp-NG no drive detected

2278

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1126

VSX Migration 6400 → 9700 with Bond Redesign (4→2 Interfaces) – vsx_util Reconfigure Limitations?

1126

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925

Block Firewall Rule matched but still able to access page ?

925

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966

sk156072 - Domain migration - SMS to DMS

966

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2648

Sync Status: Off - SIC failure

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1247

IP Reputation exception is not working

1247

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593

Rules Migration from Smart-1 Cloud Management to Onpremise Management

593

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822

On premise Datacenter objects within smart 1 cloud

822

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490

Check Point Geo-Cluster: Active-Active Failover + Dynamic NAT Explained

490

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1757

Recommended Jumbo Hotfix for R82 Recommended

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761

First Time Access Issue- AWS Checkpoint Management Server

386

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1005

Identity propagation ClusterXl members

1005

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2073

Email notification when backup fails

2073

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865

Blink answers.xml and ElasticXL

630

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313

HTTPS Inspection Troubleshooting Evidence-Driven Runbook (Gateway CA, QUIC, pinning, proxy, and ws

10035

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25474

Certificate and CRL validation fails from March 1, 2026

25474

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950

ISP Redundancy Load Sharing Issue w/ 2 BGP Peers (inactive route from one peer)

950

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7237

Data received before SYN was acknowledged. Stripping all packet data

7237

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533

Upgrade to R81.20 from R81.10 - VSX Environment - is VSLS required?

533

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3252

VPN Redundancy without using Dynamic Routing

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623

DNS Resolution Issue for Spoke Firewalls over MPLS (Using External IP Instead of Internal)

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897

Web Application Not Working whin using SSL VPN

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1229

VSNext and TACACS+ authentication - defining TACP-15 for non-local Gaia admin user

1229

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3280

SIC Redundancy in Deployments with Internet-Based Management – Design Question

3280

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607

SSL VPN WITH STATICALLY NATED IP

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55096

Check Point Packet Trace Utility

55096

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485

Smart1-Cloud Policy install fails on R82 SPARK gateways on first run or when running in parallel

485

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8105

Funny IP on show configuration

8105

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1384

Maintenance and Upgrades Best Practices Americas May 2025 Video and Slides

2743

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844

DynamicID integration with Internal SMTP Relay

844

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1602

Updatable Geo Objects categorize IP as from the wrong country

1602

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3217

It is necessary to select certain SNMP traps when working internal_snmp_trap

3217

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818

SNX not working after portal certificate change

818

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763

Unable to Boot R82 ISO in VMWare

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1157

Identity awareness - Linux bastion users

1157

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3577

Quantum spark ipsec tunnel using vti interface

3577

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553

Core protection "SMTP STARTTLS Command"

553

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1709

Configuring DynamicID to use Internal SMTP server

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353

Handling Log Exporter in Management HA with dual "Primary" log servers.

353

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769

Cannot establish SIC between VSX gateway and SMS in ElasticXL VSNext setup R82

769

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735

Manual NAT with Port Forwarding on Check Point Virtual GW

735

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613

Check Point ISP Redundancy Explained | Dual Internet Setup + Failover Demo

613

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852

Services don't work on Quantum Spark 1600

852

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10011

Zero Phishing and IOS 18.4: Captive Portal Problem

10011

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3283

Change interfaces of a bonding group

1103

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374

Issue with routing based on ABR/PBR

374

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637

Different compliance check rules can be set up for SSL VPN

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774

What's New in R82.10 April 2026

3753

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1876

Export Objects - Applications / Categories and Network Objects

1876

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2161

Help on process to export historical VPN users

2161

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1638

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1638

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1872

Unable to find reason for RX_DRP

1872

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2266

Introducing LogHub: Unified Log Aggregation for Quantum Gateways

2266

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1211

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1211

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1713

Issue running management via Harmony SASE

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5508

LDAPS connections from the gateway will be downgraded to the legacy certificate validation.

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634

Issue faces in integrating Open ldap v3 in checkpoint firewall

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1774

Export Specific Rules to CSV for a given object

6178

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383

MANUAL-NAT ON CHECKPOINT VIRTUAL GW

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1234

Block MobileAccess/VPN Client Access from unwanted countries

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811

SMS & Security Gateway Upgrade

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1429

Recommended method of Upgrade of Management Server from R81.20 to R82 - VSX

1429

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3123

SmartConsole Unknown Error (0x2ee2) and Gaia Login Stuck

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627

R82, VSX Main, Maestro, and MLM logging - sanity check

365

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1123

Check Point plans for TLS Certificate Lifetime Reduction

1123

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3252

The IP quantity limit of a NetworkFeed

3252

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1138

Quantum Spark 2560 failover after every configuration change

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846

🚀 Web SmartConsole – Take 164, 165 & 167 Updates + What’s Coming Next

846

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1508

GAIA WebUI Login Events Not Visible in SmartConsole Audit Logs

7191

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1908

Unexpected fwFullyUtilizedDrops with low CPU – how to identify the source?

1908

Solved

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1022

Persistent fwFullyUtilizedDrops on 26000 appliances (R81.20) – Is disabling SMT a valid next step?

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544

Management Network for remote site (dark fiber)

544

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3212

Can we use Dell R760 as Open Server?

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445

How to Mass Create Users, Groups, and Policies on Linux – Step by Step Script Walkthrough

445

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16687

Disable expert mode audit log/notification nagware/adware

16687

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447

How to Automatically Backup Device Configurations – Step by Step Script Walkthrough

447

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388

Creating Interoperable Devices via CLI with an Interactive bash

388

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380

Simplifying Meshed VPN Community Creation with an Interactive Bash

380

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869

Automating Static Route Redistribution into BGP with an Interactive Workflow

343

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322

Starlink High Performance Integration

322

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288

Check Point Host Batch Creator for Efficient Object Management

288

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1047

A Practical Quantum Approach to Automation: Built, Tested, and Shared

339

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338

Simplifying Interface Configuration on GWs Quantum

338

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959

R81.20 Failed to resolve VPN MEP gateway

959

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399

🚀 Web SmartConsole Take 155 - Coming This Week!

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781

IPS: How to Filter Events by CVE/Protection and Troubleshoot Signatures (Real-Time + Historical)

781

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1664

Why the IPS blade prevent Checkpoint update.

1664

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681

Compliance poor security - VPN114

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412

After upgrading management to R82, nat hitcount does not work on gateway on R81.20

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953

BankBot banking trojan got into Google Play again, this time embedded in a game called ‘Jewels Star Classic’.

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472

SIC error 325 on Install Policy — R82.10 Cross-AZ Cluster in AWS

1767

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2232

Sending Syslog to logging server pt 2

2232

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627

DynamicID with email OTP not sending OTP

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670

Customize Field/Column Suggestions for Log Search?

934

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1339

Threat Emulation policy action "Send"

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3205

Checkpoint Backup using SolarWind NCM

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1512

Multi-Domain (MDS/DMS) — HA, Sync, and Advanced Troubleshooting (Field Runbook)

657

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495

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412

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