General Topics

Scaling Check Point Automation with Arodonata
7 October @ 5pm CET / 11am EDT

What's New in Check Point SASE

Watch Now!

The State of Ransomware Q2 2026:
This Quarter's Trends, and Their Impact on Your Defenses

Watch Now!

AI Security Masters
Implementing the AI Security Trifecta

Watch Now!

CheckMates Go:
Half is Not Enough

Listen Now

Create a Post

RECENT POSTS

MOST POPULAR

FEATURED POSTS

inside

MVP Diamond

44499

R80.20 SecureXL + new chain modules + fw monitor

44499

Solved

inside

Champion

44400

Announcement – Check Point Firewall Administration R81.10+ book release

44400

inside

Admin

41299

Check Point issues even they can’t resolve!

41299

inside

MVP Diamond

41199

R80.20 - new ClusterXL commands

41199

Solved

inside

Participant

40099

How to use "cpinfo" command to upload just single file to Check Point User Center?

40099

inside

Advisor

39800

Gateway Cluster Hardware Upgrade

39800

Solved

inside

Mentor

39599

Error: Update failed. Contract entitlement check failed. Gateway can not access internet

39599

Solved

inside

Participant

39597

need to un-install Endpoint Security but do not have password

39597

inside

Advisor

39000

Windows Update Delivery Optimization PORT 7680

39000

inside

Employee

38890

New documentation format for Jumbo SK

38890

inside

Contributor

38799

How to deploy inbound certificate in p12 format on the firewall

38799

Solved

inside

Contributor

38799

IPsec VPN between fortigate(v5.6) and CheckPoint(R80.10)

38799

inside

MVP Diamond

38699

R80.x Performance Tuning Tip - Elephant Flows (Heavy Connections)

38599

Solved

inside

Collaborator

38599

R80.10 - Hide behind many question

38599

inside

MVP Diamond

37899

R80.30 - new interesting commands!

37899

Solved

inside

Explorer

37899

Website to check latest IPS update version number

37899

inside

MVP Diamond

37700

What Version/Patch Level Do I Have Installed?

37699

Solved

inside

Advisor

37599

Check Point DPD (Dead Peer Detection) - Questions

37599

inside

Advisor

37500

In which cases would you use VSX?

37500

Solved

inside

Contributor

37499

r80.30 take196 - fw unable to accept new connections till fwpol is reapplied from mgmt server

37499

inside

Employee

37498

Connection limit for particular access rule

37498

inside

Collaborator

37399

tcpdump and fw monitor missed packets

37399

inside

MVP Silver

36600

Suspicious Traffic of gvt1.com

36600

Solved

inside

Contributor

36500

TCP SACK PANIC - Kernel vulnerabilities | Check Point affected?

36014

inside

MVP Diamond

35900

R80.20 SecureXL - new names in "/proc/ppk/statistics"?

35900

Solved

inside

Advisor

35899

Eliminating Routing Asymmetry between Two Different Physical Sites Running Check Point Firewalls

35899

Solved

inside

MVP Silver CHKP

35799

How to change Security Gateway name ?

35799

inside

Collaborator

35600

Most Frequent Errors in Checkpoint Firewall Administration and How to Avoid Them.

35600

Solved

inside

Participant

35599

useful debug command in checkpoint

35599

inside

MVP Diamond

34699

When will R80.30 GA be available?

34699

inside

MVP Diamond

34200

Check Point for Beginners - Typical Config Mistakes

34200

inside

MVP Diamond

33999

Prevent VPN client from launching automatically on OSX?

33699

inside

Advisor

33599

R80.10 - VPN traditional mode to simplified mode

33599

inside

Explorer

33499

encryption failure: Ike version: ikev2 not supported for peer

33499

Solved

inside

Collaborator

33299

R80 GA release date, anybody knows?

32999

Solved

inside

MVP Diamond

32901

R80.x - Performance Tuning Tip – User Mode Firewall vs. Kernel Mode Firewall

32901

Solved

inside

Contributor

32899

VPN - Check Point and Fortigate

32899

Solved

inside

Contributor

32880

Domain Object when FQDN has multiple DNS results

32799

Solved

inside

Collaborator

32099

What is Check Point's solution for RPC traffic on Internal firewall?

31999

inside

MVP Silver

31799

Check Point R80.20 Production and Public EA

31499

inside

Advisor

31399

How to recover Gaia Admin password on VMware

31399

inside

Explorer

31301

What happens when a license expires?

31301

inside

Collaborator

31299

RSS feed for checkpoint.com is not working any more

29699

inside

Mentor

29599

101

"UDP checksum is incorrect" - 100s of IPv6 DROPs in fw.log - TP/IPS responsible?

29599

101

inside

Admin

29500

R80.10 User-Mode Firewall and performance impact

29499

inside

MVP Diamond

28799

R81 - SNMP does not support SHA1 anymore

28498

inside

Collaborator

28399

SecureXL is enabled, but the traffic is not accelerated

28399

inside

Contributor

28099

site to site VPN troubleshooting without monitoring blade

27899

inside

Participant

27799

How can I find Throughput statistics?

27799

inside

Contributor

27699

Configuring CLuster XL step by step

27699

inside

Advisor

27699

Issue connecting to the management server via smart console

27499

inside

Advisor

27399

ICMP reply does not match a previous request

27199

inside

Collaborator

27100

Aruba Clear Pass Integration - API

27100

Solved

inside

Contributor

27099

High CPU after upgrade from 77.30 to 80.10

27099

inside

Contributor

27093

R80.40 - Dynamic split of CoreXL

26799

Solved

inside

Collaborator

26598

DNS Resolution failing but ping to IP address is succesful.

26598

inside

Contributor

26499

R80.10 gateway, can't set sim_clamp_vpn_mss

26499

Solved

inside

Advisor

26299

Custom Intelligence Feed Exceptions Not Working

26299

Solved

inside

Participant

26099

What's different meaning of Redirect, Detect, Drop, Block and Prevent?

26099

inside

MVP Diamond

25999

Update R80.20+ Security Gateway Architecture (Logical Packet Flow)

25999

Solved

inside

Collaborator

25999

Blocking for specific file types in Check Point Firewall

25999

Solved

inside

Participant

25999

Can't access SmartConsole ("Unable to connect to server") but can access WebUI...

25999

Solved

inside

Explorer

25900

Ikev2 Phase2 is not getting up

25900

inside

Admin

25899

FW-1: [cul_load_freeze][CUL - Cluster] CUL should be OFF...

25800

Solved

inside

Collaborator

25799

Stealth rule vs Management Rule

25799

inside

Collaborator

25699

Since migration of VPN clients from IKEv1 to IKEv2 - problems with some clients ISP connections

400

Solved

inside

Collaborator

635

Can we have two VPN tunnels using the same encryption domain?

635

inside

Admin

1121

What’s Actually Exploitable in Manufacturing Environments Right Now? (AMER) recording

1121

inside

Advisor

324

Cannot get LDAP group to authenticate Check Point Mobile VPN users

324

inside

Collaborator

655

What’s Actually Exploitable in Manufacturing Environments Right Now? (EMEA) recording

inside

Explorer

286

R82.10 invalid query syntax using subnets

286

inside

Advisor

521

Check Point DPD (Dead Peer Detection) - Questions

37797

inside

Admin

25709

120

ACTION REQUIRED – Active Exploitation of Check Point VPN Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-50751)

25709

120

inside

MVP Diamond

3331

Automatically Renew VPN Certificates

3331

Solved

inside

Collaborator

3740

Block browser extensions on a CheckPoint firewall

3740

inside

Advisor

283

Checkpoint Maestro VSNext CoreXL FWL Instances

283

inside

Contributor

450

supportcenter not working/available ?

676

inside

Advisor

1638

Cannot use Option 1 mitigation in regards to CVE-2026-50751 - Uncheck "Allow older clients..."

1638

inside

Contributor

494

Trouble shouting IPSEC VPN between checkpoint Fw 3600 and Microtik route

494

Solved

inside

Advisor

945

How to uninstall the hotfix(es) HOTFIX_LOGEXPORTER_AUTOUPDATE' ?

945

Solved

inside

Collaborator

12963

GAIA WebUi Failed to receive updates from Check Point Download Center. Please verify a valid license

20561

inside

Collaborator

584

RDP server config for Clientless users

584

inside

Collaborator

1637

Identity Awareness - Multiple Domains (on the same gateways)

1637

inside

Explorer

URL miscategorized as "Medium Risk / Artificial Intelligence (AI)" due to .ai TLD — appeal process

Solved

inside

MVP Diamond

2286

Recommended HFA branch disappear?

878

inside

Explorer

2035

Threat Emulation update failed

2035

inside

Collaborator

616

Mail notification for schedule backup

398

inside

Explorer

837

Route-Based VPN (VTI) with Static Route Failover on ClusterXL

1086

inside

Collaborator

3259

Management interface on gateway

3259

inside

MVP Gold

2073

Facing tremendous packet loss on R82.10 on 3920 Appliances

2073

inside

Participant

1249

Shellpoint - Everything a CP engineer needs

1249

Solved

inside

Advisor

496

Failed to save object --> Wrong number of values for field 'Diffie Hellman Groups'

496

inside

Participant

546

Harmony SASE and Endpoint Security Signature Updates

546

inside

MVP Diamond

1496

UPPAK Becoming Mandatory on R82.10? Important Findings About KPPAK Support, Boot Loops on 19000

1496

Solved

inside

Participant

395

Details about log files in /var/log/opt/CPsuite-R82/fw1/log/Worker1/

395

inside

Advisor

641

Origin column is empty, R81.20 JHF T84

641

inside

Advisor

487

The State of Ransomware Q1 2026 Key Trends and Their Impact: Video and Slides

1749

inside

Advisor

597

Question about behavior date center object

597

inside

Advisor

1459

CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500

1201

Solved

inside

Collaborator

410

Prioritizing Defenses Against Credential Abuse April 2026: Video and Slides

1166

Solved

inside

MVP Silver

1068

IBM Aspera will stop working on Mac

1068

inside

Advisor

837

SSL verification error from newly build R82 management

837

inside

MVP Gold

908

Identify ports on a rule having Any Service Access

908

inside

Admin

22750

IPS Blade contract grace period hasn't started?

768

inside

Advisor

870

Clarification Authentication for Remote Access VPN

870

inside

Advisor

524

Clarification on Rule for Remote Access Connections

524

inside

Participant

342

To use CKP's CGNAT, do I need to purchase a CGNAT license or does Carrier Grade HIDE suffice?

342

Solved

inside

Collaborator

3613

Categories: URL Filtering and Application Control

3613

inside

Admin

12771

Check Point Engage 2026 - Call for Papers

12771

Solved

inside

Participant

1450

Best Practice for Threat Prevention and discuss about False Positive Handling

268

inside

MVP Diamond

2087

Check Point Security Advisories – Centralized CVE Information

2087

inside

Collaborator

6686

This debug command just about bricked our firewall

6686

inside

Collaborator

1156

PCI Scans Failing and Disablement of DES and DH Group 1

1156

inside

Contributor

774

Migrate Objects, Policies, Users, and NAT from one MGMT console to another

774

inside

Advisor

1642

Question about VPN S2S Permanent Tunnel

1642

Solved

inside

Contributor

1379

How to add 'Internet' object to a policy.

1379

inside

Collaborator

1302

Check Point Upgrade Service Engine (CPUSE) - Gaia Deployment Agent

1302

Solved

inside

MVP Gold

4343

BGP Routes are showing as inactive on CheckPoint

4343

inside

Advisor

667

R82 GAiA command in job scheduler not accept any changes

894

inside

MVP Gold

6393

Change Management IP addresses in Cluster

15824

inside

Participant

27870

How can I find Throughput statistics?

27870

Solved

inside

Advisor

822

how to newly add objects to install-on in bulk/batch using mgmt_cli?

822

Solved

inside

Contributor

6073

BGP default route on standby member expected behaviour?

6073

inside

MVP Diamond

9738

New interface in R82.10 + 3900 appliance: eth-switch, eth-cpuport

9738

inside

MVP Diamond

21099

LAB Tools - Windows Server Collection

21099

Solved

inside

Collaborator

1146

Bypass HTTPS Inspection not working as intended ?

1146

inside

Participant

1483

Remote Access VPN not working from public network

1483

Solved

inside

Collaborator

1377

Cloudguard R82 Site2Site intermittent failures after upgrade to R82.

1377

Solved

inside

Advisor

691

Ink Dragon Techtalk March 2026: Video and Slides

3171

inside

Admin

747

Hot off the press!!! Once in the lifetime, April the 1st news!

747

inside

Collaborator

562

USB access to management of new firewall

242

inside

Contributor

739

Integrating Google LDAP in Check Point Firewall R82 with Certificate

739

inside

Participant

733

Platform Portal & UserCheck ip address

733

inside

Advisor

683

Clarification on Log Generation Mode (Aggregate Mode) in R82.10

683

Solved

inside

Participant

1242

ClusterXL using VIP address on same interface for multiple services

1242

inside

MVP Gold

708

Clarification Required on Build, Take, JHF, and CPUSE?

2051

Solved

inside

Contributor

28037

Maestro Version Upgrade and Disaster Recovery

1027

No messages.

General Topics

This space is for general questions about Check Point products and services that aren't specific to a product or service. Questions related to a specific product should be asked in the space relevant to that product.

Leaderboard

Epsum factorial non deposit quid pro quo hic escorol.

User

Count

Upcoming Events

Sort by:

In-Person

Tue 15 Sep 2026 @ 12:00 PM (MDT)

Lone Tree, CO: Workspace Security and Exposure Management

Virtual

Thu 17 Sep 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

The Cloud Architects Series: Check Point Cloud Firewall Architectures - AWS, Azure & GCP

Virtual

Thu 17 Sep 2026 @ 05:00 PM (CEST)

Under the Hood: Unified Hybrid Mesh Management across AWS Firewalls, SASE and SD-WAN

Virtual

Thu 17 Sep 2026 @ 03:00 PM (EDT)

Americas Deep Dive: Troubleshooting 101 for Check Point Firewalls

Virtual

Wed 23 Sep 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

Inside Check Point Spark R82.00.11 -EMEA

In-Person

Wed 23 Sep 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

CheckMates Live Belgrade - AI Security Workshop

Virtual

Thu 17 Sep 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

The Cloud Architects Series: Check Point Cloud Firewall Architectures - AWS, Azure & GCP

Virtual

Thu 17 Sep 2026 @ 05:00 PM (CEST)

Under the Hood: Unified Hybrid Mesh Management across AWS Firewalls, SASE and SD-WAN

Virtual

Thu 17 Sep 2026 @ 03:00 PM (EDT)

Americas Deep Dive: Troubleshooting 101 for Check Point Firewalls

Virtual

Wed 23 Sep 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

Inside Check Point Spark R82.00.11 -EMEA

Virtual

Wed 23 Sep 2026 @ 05:00 PM (CEST)

Inside Check Point Spark R82.00.11 - AMER

Virtual

Mon 28 Sep 2026 @ 03:00 PM (CEST)

La nouvelle réalité des attaques DDoS: autonomie, échelle et avenir de la défense

In-Person

Tue 15 Sep 2026 @ 12:00 PM (MDT)

Lone Tree, CO: Workspace Security and Exposure Management

In-Person

Wed 23 Sep 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

CheckMates Live Belgrade - AI Security Workshop

In-Person

Wed 23 Sep 2026 @ 06:00 PM (EDT)

Santo Domingo: Workspace Security and SASE Live: Protección Total del Usuario Email, Endpoint y SASE

In-Person

Tue 06 Oct 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

CheckMates Live Austria - Linz: What's New in R82.x

In-Person

Wed 07 Oct 2026 @ 10:00 AM (CEST)

CheckMates Live Austria - Vienna: What's New in R82.x

In-Person

Wed 21 Oct 2026 @ 09:00 AM (BST)

AI Security Workshop - Glasgow

CheckMates Events

Are you a member of CheckMates?