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bhattprem
bhattprem
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
4 weeks ago
views 152
Replies 2

ipsec tunnel r81.20

views 152
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paulo_r_aun
paulo_r_aun
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
4 weeks ago
views 96

Script IPS - Total events Detect and total events Prevent

views 96
morris
morris
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
a month ago
views 151
Replies 2

Forbidden from external, when MultiPortal / UserCheck is active

views 151
Replies 2
Solved
PhoneBoy
inside Firewall & Security Management
Admin
Admin
a month ago
views 17456
Kudos 9
Replies 22

Block VPN Traffic by Country

views 17456
Kudos 9
Replies 22
Solved
madu1
madu1
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
a month ago
views 2882
Replies 5

VSX - Virtual Switch/Router query

views 2882
Replies 5
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-09-03
views 350
Kudos 3
Replies 3

fw monitor Deep Dive  Part 3: Advanced Filtering, SecureXL and Deep Packet Path

views 350
Kudos 3
Replies 3
PhoneBoy
inside Firewall & Security Management
Admin
Admin
2026-09-03
views 412
Kudos 4

HTTPS Inspection Best Practices September 2026: Video and Slides

views 412
Kudos 4
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-09-03
views 436
Kudos 4
Replies 3

fw monitor Under the Hood — Part 1: What i, I, o, and O Really Mean

views 436
Kudos 4
Replies 3
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-09-03
views 519
Kudos 5
Replies 6

fw monitor Deep Dive — Part 2: NAT, VPN and Packet Transformation

views 519
Kudos 5
Replies 6
RPawar
RPawar
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
2026-09-02
views 618
Replies 5

ICPM/Ping shows RTO from user to server while RDP works in Remote VPN

views 618
Replies 5
rotto841
rotto841
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-09-02
views 6682
Replies 6

Can't Connect To Windows Update

views 6682
Replies 6
Solved
abihsot__
abihsot__
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
2026-09-02
views 2371
Replies 3

How to remove IDC configuration?

views 2371
Replies 3
Adam276
Adam276
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
2026-09-02
views 371
Replies 6

R81.20 increase an on prem ESXi VM management lv_current disk space using 'unalocatted space'

views 371
Replies 6
Solved
IFB-Jeff
IFB-Jeff
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-09-02
views 5297
Replies 8

Checkpoint R81.10 Policy installation with warnings

views 5297
Replies 8
CP_TME
inside Firewall & Security Management
Employee
Employee
2026-09-02
views 205
Kudos 4

Threat Prevention Insights in R82.10 - Transforming Threat Data into Actionable Security Improvement

views 205
Kudos 4
SkochilovIgnat
SkochilovIgnat
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-09-01
views 434
Replies 7

Importing Syslog Messages

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Replies 7
CheckPointerXL
CheckPointerXL
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
Advisor
2026-09-01
views 10984
Replies 15

How to deeply delete any IKE/IPsec information linked to a Peer

views 10984
Replies 15
Uwe140463
Uwe140463
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-31
views 139
Replies 2

Question to ElasticXL/VSNext redundancy of sync and magg1 - Port Configuration

views 139
Replies 2
Charles142886
Charles142886
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-27
views 117

MEP with 2 centres third party gateway - Failover issue

views 117
Solved
israelfds95
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-27
views 868
Kudos 2
Replies 7

JH 122 Broke Mobile Access Rules

views 868
Kudos 2
Replies 7
PEO-BEE
PEO-BEE
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-27
views 201
Replies 2

Total number of rules in a ruleset utilizing Inline Layers

views 201
Replies 2
melcu
melcu
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
Collaborator
2026-08-26
views 765
Replies 17

VSNext inter-vs communication

views 765
Replies 17
RafaelBohrer
RafaelBohrer
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-26
views 173
Replies 1

Complex site-to-site redundant VPN topology (CP Gateways, 3rd-party gateways and Remote Users)

views 173
Replies 1
PhoneBoy
inside Firewall & Security Management
Admin
Admin
2026-08-26
views 97

Tips and Tricks 2026 #10 - Zero‑Downtime Migration to Smart‑1 Cloud

views 97
PhoneBoy
inside Firewall & Security Management
Admin
Admin
2026-08-26
views 92

Tips and Tricks 2026 #3 - Fix Smarter, Not Harder: Policy Insights that Transform Maintenance

views 92
siskel
siskel
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-26
views 278
Replies 4

Smart Event Reports with old logs

views 278
Replies 4
Solved
Ihenock1011
Ihenock1011
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
2026-08-26
views 16151
Replies 29

IOC feed using CSV or txt

views 16151
Replies 29
Hugo_vd_Kooij
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Gold
MVP Gold
2026-08-26
views 986
Replies 1

How to get a smarter log?

views 986
Replies 1
Tony_Graham
Tony_Graham
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
2026-08-25
views 496
Replies 9

New Smart-1 700S Appliance Unable to Activate License

views 496
Replies 9
KHodgsonSHQ
KHodgsonSHQ
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-24
views 463
Replies 9

Policy push seems to cause connectivity issues with FortiGate cluster on same VLAN

views 463
Replies 9
noname888
noname888
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-21
views 254
Replies 4

Missing SmartConsole HF #41 for OpenServer R82 restore, where to download?

views 254
Replies 4
Solved
EricAnderson
EricAnderson
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-21
views 2590
Kudos 1
Replies 3

Multiple outbound HTTPS inspection certificates

views 2590
Kudos 1
Replies 3
Hein009
Hein009
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-21
views 1993
Replies 10

ElasticXL cluster configuration on 9100 Appliance

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Replies 10
Solved
SecdetKrypton
SecdetKrypton
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
2026-08-19
views 294
Replies 4

Manual VPN failover.

views 294
Replies 4
Solved
jennyado
jennyado
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
2026-08-19
views 1893
Replies 4

ClusterXL – Changing MGMT and eth2 from 1Gb to 10Gb

views 1893
Replies 4
Solved
the_rock
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-18
views 11603
Replies 33

CP to Azure S2S vpn issue

views 11603
Replies 33
Solved
Uncle_Bens
Uncle_Bens
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-18
views 883
Replies 13

Site to Site VPN connection Narrowed

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Replies 13
ngoodall
ngoodall
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-18
views 5109
Replies 9

Maximum amount of CPU cores supported by open server management

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Replies 9
afiqmohdyusof
afiqmohdyusof
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-17
views 623
Replies 6

Running VSX on cluster with different appliance

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Replies 6
erankov
inside Firewall & Security Management
Employee
Employee
2026-08-17
views 2287
Kudos 5
Replies 10

🚀 Excited to announce: Policy Auditor is now Generally available!

views 2287
Kudos 5
Replies 10
cosmos
cosmos
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
2026-08-16
views 384
Replies 5

SSH host key changed, unable to login to upgraded R81.20 MDS

views 384
Replies 5
Chris_Atkinson
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
2026-08-15
views 4940
Kudos 4
Replies 11

Tech Tip - Dynamic Routing: Router-ID

views 4940
Kudos 4
Replies 11
Giga_Yang
Giga_Yang
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-15
views 6323
Replies 10

Checkpoint MAC learning problem

views 6323
Replies 10
Malcolm_Levy
inside Firewall & Security Management
Employee
Employee
2026-08-14
views 384
Kudos 1
Replies 1

FIPS 140-3

views 384
Kudos 1
Replies 1
smartinez02
smartinez02
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-13
views 192
Replies 2

Check Point Quantum Gaia WebUI accessible from mobile device but not from Windows PC

views 192
Replies 2
Solved
rob99-99
rob99-99
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-13
views 22330
Replies 5

Checkpoint to ASA VPN traffic selection issue

views 22330
Replies 5
Cathy_Cheng
Cathy_Cheng
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-11
views 492
Replies 6

Endpoint VPN client Continuously Connecting to VPN Gateway While on trusted Office Network

views 492
Replies 6
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-11
views 2437
Kudos 15
Replies 9

IPS Custom Policy Best Practices

views 2437
Kudos 15
Replies 9
nabil_l
nabil_l
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
2026-08-11
views 410
Replies 5

Elastic XL Return Traffic

views 410
Replies 5
Solved
HansKazan
HansKazan
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
Contributor
2026-08-10
views 566
Replies 7

Please help me understand this NAT behavior

views 566
Replies 7
israelfds95
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-07
views 299
Kudos 6

VIDEO: Complete Check Point Hardware Diagnostic Execution

views 299
Kudos 6
nabil_l
nabil_l
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
2026-08-07
views 190
Replies 1

BOND on Elastic XL

views 190
Replies 1
Solved
George_Dumitru
George_Dumitru
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-06
views 418
Replies 4

Switching VPN encryption method from IKEv1 to IKEv2 for a Cisco FPR peer

views 418
Replies 4
israelfds95
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-05
views 736
Kudos 16
Replies 8

Bug on LOM Date and Time

views 736
Kudos 16
Replies 8
dj0Nz
dj0Nz
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
2026-08-05
views 471
Replies 6

Appliance stuck with POST error B4 after upgrading

views 471
Replies 6
yeruel
yeruel
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
2026-08-05
views 497
Replies 3

Best-Practice Routing and LACP Design Between Check Point ElasticXL and Palo Alto Active/Active Fire

views 497
Replies 3
nabil_l
nabil_l
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
2026-08-05
views 264
Replies 2

Traffic Flow on Elastic XL

views 264
Replies 2
Varun142463
Varun142463
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-04
views 141

TACACS+ Administrator Login: CLICMD0361 Failure setting current vrfid to 0 when transitioning to Exp

views 141
israelfds95
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-04
views 343
Kudos 3

Tip: Web SmartConsole Replace Has Improved

views 343
Kudos 3
Solved
Ari_who
Ari_who
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-04
views 697
Replies 4

Application control VS. HTTPS Inspection

views 697
Replies 4
Solved
Sudipta140201
Sudipta140201
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-04
views 297
Replies 3

VSX Cluster WAN VIP(Virtual IP) (checkpoint 9300,JHF-T146)

views 297
Replies 3
Solved
KeonNg
KeonNg
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-03
views 2248
Replies 7

Import 2 Different Domain CA for outbound HTTPS inspection certificates

views 2248
Replies 7
Sudipta140201
Sudipta140201
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-03
views 906
Replies 7

Specific Bond interface status down at VSX-Cluster(checkpoint 9300)

views 906
Replies 7
Kurpeus
Kurpeus
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
Contributor
2026-08-03
views 2622
Kudos 7
Replies 5

SAML Authentication to Azure Entra ID with Authorization - Complete guide

views 2622
Kudos 7
Replies 5
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-30
views 7310
Kudos 9
Replies 22

CVE-2026-16232: Active Exploitation Requires Immediate Management Plane Remediation

views 7310
Kudos 9
Replies 22
Solved
Chris_Atkinson
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
2026-07-30
views 2759
Kudos 2
Replies 9

Tech Tip - Dynamic Routing: BFD

views 2759
Kudos 2
Replies 9
Solved
Chris_Atkinson
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
2026-07-30
views 1109
Kudos 2
Replies 2

Tech Tip – R82 Upgrade (SMS): Virtual Machine NIC Type

views 1109
Kudos 2
Replies 2
dceko
dceko
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-07-30
views 548
Replies 4

SMS R81.20 Take 127 Hotfix Verification Error : No space available

views 548
Replies 4
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-30
views 856
Kudos 8
Replies 10

Jumbo Hotfix Installation on an single firewall or  HA Cluster r80.xx r81.XX

views 856
Kudos 8
Replies 10
Hugo_vd_Kooij
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Gold
MVP Gold
2026-07-30
views 1730
Kudos 1
Replies 13

Littering in /tmp on R82 MDS

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Kudos 1
Replies 13
Solved
marcyn
marcyn
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
Advisor
2026-07-30
views 7359
Replies 36

ElasticXL Traffic Distribution question

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Replies 36
begeegs
begeegs
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-30
views 4453
Replies 5

Problem with Internet Router installation

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Replies 5
Solved
Mark_Papworth
Mark_Papworth
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-07-30
views 10661
Replies 9

RADIUS Authentication over Site-to-Site VPN

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Replies 9
Solved
todd
todd
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
2026-07-30
views 668
Replies 7

Can a Permission Profile allow 'Manage Administrators' without 'Install Policy' rights?"

views 668
Replies 7
Solved
Eugene_Brown
Eugene_Brown
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-07-29
views 14425
Kudos 2
Replies 11

Restrict access to specific policies

views 14425
Kudos 2
Replies 11
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-29
views 2446
Kudos 9
Replies 8

CVE + Signature + Evidence: the shortest path from “alert” to a defensible decision

views 2446
Kudos 9
Replies 8
Venue2185
Venue2185
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-29
views 3699
Replies 12

Site-to-Site IPsec VPN using certificate-based authentication.

views 3699
Replies 12
israelfds95
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-29
views 648
Kudos 15
Replies 7

Policy installation failed on gateway. Error code: 0-2-200262

views 648
Kudos 15
Replies 7
Jochen142306
Jochen142306
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-29
views 390
Replies 6

DAIP Gateway with Remote Access VPN

views 390
Replies 6
Technical_Servi
Technical_Servi
inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
2026-07-29
views 225
Replies 2

Old R81.20 directories under /var/log/opt after successful upgrade to R82 - safe to remove?

views 225
Replies 2
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-28
views 4855
Kudos 17
Replies 16

User Space Firewall vs Kernel Space Firewall: Why Firewall Mode Matters for Troubleshooting in R82

views 4855
Kudos 17
Replies 16
Solved
Matlu
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Silver
MVP Silver
2026-07-28
views 555
Replies 7

Restricting Files via Check Point

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Replies 7
Eden142113
Eden142113
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-28
views 280
Replies 2

Authentication Failed with Certificate-Based IPsec VPN (Check Point Hub + FortiGate Dynamic IP Spoke

views 280
Replies 2
Solved
Bernardes
Bernardes
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
Advisor
2026-07-28
views 14705
Replies 20

VPN site-to-site with Remote Peer Dynamic IP

views 14705
Replies 20
ngregory
ngregory
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-28
views 3473
Replies 5

IPS not working - "Threat prevention requires topology to be defined"

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Replies 5
JChang
JChang
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-27
views 194
Replies 2

Licenses migrate from the old security gateway to the new one

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Replies 2
Solved
SubZer0
SubZer0
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
2026-07-27
views 249
Replies 2

Broken link for deleteValidationIncidents.sh in sk184400

views 249
Replies 2
Howard_Gyton
Howard_Gyton
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
2026-07-26
views 1539
Replies 6

RADIUS authentication fails due to replacement servers

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Replies 6
Maysam
Maysam
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-26
views 619
Replies 4

Install R81.20 and Adding Quad Card before

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Replies 4
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-24
views 13627
Kudos 24
Replies 47

Technical Deep Dive Why Maintain Both Normal and V2 IPS Signatures in Check Point?

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Kudos 24
Replies 47
Solved
nooni
nooni
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
Collaborator
2026-07-24
views 10182
Replies 13

Notification of expiring VPN certificate

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Replies 13
Duane_Toler
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Silver
MVP Silver
2026-07-23
views 215
Replies 1

SAML for MDS administrators?

views 215
Replies 1
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-23
views 475
Kudos 7
Replies 4

Policy Auditor: Turning Access Control Policy Review into Intent-Based Segmentation Validation Par 2

views 475
Kudos 7
Replies 4
Alex-
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Silver
MVP Silver
2026-07-23
views 203
Replies 2

GRE tunnel through R82 ElasticXL

views 203
Replies 2
simonemantovani
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
2026-07-23
views 926
Kudos 3
Replies 7

Hardening Recommendation Report in Web SmartConsole - SK185102 - What's New

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Kudos 3
Replies 7
Solved
Mattia140831
Mattia140831
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-23
views 341
Replies 4

Question on ElasticXL second member lightshot partition saturation during join progress in cluster

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