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SkochilovIgnat
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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a month ago
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a month ago
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Uwe140463
Uwe140463
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-31
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Charles142886
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-27
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israelfds95
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views 838
Kudos 2
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views 184
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2026-08-26
views 707
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-26
views 167
Replies 1

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inside Firewall & Security Management
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Admin
2026-08-26
views 95

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views 89

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views 267
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Smart Event Reports with old logs

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2026-08-26
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2026-08-25
views 464
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2026-08-21
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2026-08-21
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Kudos 1
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Multiple outbound HTTPS inspection certificates

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Kudos 1
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2026-08-17
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Kudos 5
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Kudos 5
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cosmos
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2026-08-16
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Chris_Atkinson
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond CHKP
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2026-08-15
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Kudos 4
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Kudos 4
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-15
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Replies 10

Checkpoint MAC learning problem

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Malcolm_Levy
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Employee
Employee
2026-08-14
views 370
Kudos 1
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FIPS 140-3

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Kudos 1
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smartinez02
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-13
views 186
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Check Point Quantum Gaia WebUI accessible from mobile device but not from Windows PC

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inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-13
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Checkpoint to ASA VPN traffic selection issue

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Cathy_Cheng
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-11
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Endpoint VPN client Continuously Connecting to VPN Gateway While on trusted Office Network

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inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-11
views 2415
Kudos 15
Replies 9

IPS Custom Policy Best Practices

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Kudos 15
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views 524
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MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-08-07
views 292
Kudos 6

VIDEO: Complete Check Point Hardware Diagnostic Execution

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Kudos 6
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
2026-08-07
views 185
Replies 1

BOND on Elastic XL

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2026-08-06
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Switching VPN encryption method from IKEv1 to IKEv2 for a Cisco FPR peer

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MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
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views 710
Kudos 16
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Appliance stuck with POST error B4 after upgrading

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yeruel
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Traffic Flow on Elastic XL

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Varun142463
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Explorer
2026-08-04
views 138

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

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MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
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views 340
Kudos 3

Tip: Web SmartConsole Replace Has Improved

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Kudos 3
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Ari_who
Ari_who
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-08-04
views 680
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Application control VS. HTTPS Inspection

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Sudipta140201
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-04
views 287
Replies 3

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

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KeonNg
KeonNg
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-03
views 2229
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Import 2 Different Domain CA for outbound HTTPS inspection certificates

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Sudipta140201
Sudipta140201
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-08-03
views 839
Replies 7

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

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Kurpeus
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Contributor
Contributor
2026-08-03
views 2591
Kudos 7
Replies 5

SAML Authentication to Azure Entra ID with Authorization - Complete guide

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Kudos 7
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WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-30
views 7208
Kudos 9
Replies 22

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

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Kudos 9
Replies 22
Solved
Chris_Atkinson
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
2026-07-30
views 2743
Kudos 2
Replies 9

Tech Tip - Dynamic Routing: BFD

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Kudos 2
Replies 9
Solved
Chris_Atkinson
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
2026-07-30
views 1103
Kudos 2
Replies 2

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

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Kudos 2
Replies 2
dceko
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-07-30
views 534
Replies 4

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

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WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-30
views 824
Kudos 8
Replies 10

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

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Kudos 8
Replies 10
Hugo_vd_Kooij
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Gold
MVP Gold
2026-07-30
views 1706
Kudos 1
Replies 13

Littering in /tmp on R82 MDS

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Kudos 1
Replies 13
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marcyn
inside Firewall & Security Management
Advisor
Advisor
2026-07-30
views 7261
Replies 36

ElasticXL Traffic Distribution question

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begeegs
inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-30
views 4441
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Problem with Internet Router installation

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Mark_Papworth
Mark_Papworth
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-07-30
views 10634
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RADIUS Authentication over Site-to-Site VPN

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todd
todd
inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
2026-07-30
views 646
Replies 7

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

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Eugene_Brown
Eugene_Brown
inside Firewall & Security Management
Participant
2026-07-29
views 14396
Kudos 2
Replies 11

Restrict access to specific policies

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Kudos 2
Replies 11
WiliRGasparetto
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-29
views 2432
Kudos 9
Replies 8

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

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Kudos 9
Replies 8
Venue2185
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-29
views 3560
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Site-to-Site IPsec VPN using certificate-based authentication.

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inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-29
views 623
Kudos 15
Replies 7

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

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Kudos 15
Replies 7
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
2026-07-29
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DAIP Gateway with Remote Access VPN

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Technical_Servi
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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2026-07-29
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Old R81.20 directories under /var/log/opt after successful upgrade to R82 - safe to remove?

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

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

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Kudos 17
Replies 16
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inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Silver
MVP Silver
2026-07-28
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Replies 7

Restricting Files via Check Point

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inside Firewall & Security Management
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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Advisor
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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2026-07-27
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Licenses migrate from the old security gateway to the new one

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SubZer0
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Collaborator
2026-07-27
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Howard_Gyton
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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2026-07-26
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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WiliRGasparetto
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MVP Diamond
2026-07-24
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Kudos 24
Replies 47

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inside Firewall & Security Management
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2026-07-24
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MVP Silver
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MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-23
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Kudos 7
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Kudos 7
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Alex-
inside Firewall & Security Management
MVP Silver
MVP Silver
2026-07-23
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MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
MVP Diamond CHKP
2026-07-23
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Kudos 3
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Explorer
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MVP Diamond
MVP Diamond
2026-07-23
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MVP Diamond
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Kudos 6
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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2026-07-21
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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2026-07-20
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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MVP Gold
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openssh <10.3

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inside Firewall & Security Management
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inside Firewall & Security Management
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Authority
Authority
Authority
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ElasticXL switch configuration for data interfaces ?

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MVP Gold CHKP
MVP Gold CHKP
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inside Firewall & Security Management
Explorer
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