Product Announcements

Hi All

Check Point is happy to announce that as of today, R81 Take 392 along with Jumbo hotfix Accumulator Take 36, is Check Point’s default version and it is considered as widely recommended for all deployments.

R81 is available for download via CPUSE and R81 Home page - sk166715.

A simple process for installing Security Gateways and Management directly  to the new default version (GA take 392 + JHF Take 36) for clean install or upgrade is available in the CPUSE portal using Blink images and in sk170114

Thanks, Release Operations Group

Hi All

R81 Jumbo HF Take #36 is now our GA take (updating take 34) and is available for download to all via CPUSE (as recommended) and via sk170114.

Content included in this take:

• PRJ-28539 - During Multi-Version Cluster (MVC) upgrade with R81 Jumbo Hotfix Take 34, the "MVC WARNING uninitialized VPN table" message frequently appears in log. Refer to sk174445.
• PRJ-28195 - In public cloud environments, CloudGuard Network High Availability/Cluster solutions may incorrectly detect Cluster

Full list of resolved issues can be found in sk170114.

Thanks,

Release Operation group

Hi All

A new Ongoing Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator take for R81 (take 36) -  updating take 34 was released today and is available for download. Please refer to sk170114

Please note the following:

•        The new release is mentioned in  sk170114
•        The new releases will be published via CPUSE as a recommended version once it will be published as GA.
•        Availability:

o   Available to download the via sk170114

o   Available for download via CPUSE by using package identifier.

o   Can be provided by customer support

Content included in this take:

• PRJ-28539 - During Multi-Version Cluster (MVC) upgrade with R81 Jumbo Hotfix Take 34, the "MVC WARNING uninitialized VPN table" message frequently appears in log. Refer to sk174445.
• PRJ-28195 - In public cloud environments, CloudGuard Network High Availability/Cluster solutions may incorrectly detect Cluster status.

Thanks ,

Release Operation Group

Updated firmware for Quantum Spark 1500/1600/1800 Appliances 
Download links available in sk173185

What's New

IPv6 

• Support for IPv6 local network and internet connections.

• Support for IPv6 internet connections on internal LTE.

• DSLite (Dual Stack Lite)

  • Allows tunneling IPv4 traffic over IPv6 networks.

• IPv6 Prefix Delegation
  For a list of detailed IPv6 features and limitations, see sk174348

VoIP Wizard

New VoIP wizard which simplifies configuration of the five most common VoIP topologies (see sk113573 for more details):

• IP-Phones (only) behind the firewall that register to an external [cloud] PBX/VoIP Provider.

• IP-Phones and an Internal PBX that register/use an external [cloud] PBX/VoIP Provider.

• IP-Phones and Internal PBX(s) behind multiple sites connected through VPN.

• Soft-Phones and Internal PBX behind multiple sites connected through Client-to-Site VPN.

• External IP-Phones that register to an internal PBX.

MAC Based Filtering

• Allow list -EA level

• Deny list - Add a deny list mode to MAC filtering that can block access to any MAC address that exists in the MAC filtering table.

• Allow/Deny list is supported on 1500 appliances and applicable only to LAN ports.

LTE enhancements -EA level

Auto APN based on SIM identifier

• Automatically set an APN based on SIM MCC/MNC (Mobile Country Code/Mobile Network Code).

  The following carriers are supported (all other carriers can set APN manually). For more information, see sk157412

  • Verizon

  • TELUS

  • Rogers

SMP Access Policy

• SMP Access Policy Rule Base was enhanced to support the following objects:

  • Applications and custom URLs

  • Domains

  • Geolocation

  • IPv6

Supporting Block page on bridged VLAN

• New advanced parameter which allow redirect to blocking page on tagged VLAN over bridge

Internet probing for long-term statistics

• CLI command to enable a user to get statistics about the internet connection quality (latency, packet loss, etc.) during the last 24 hours.

• Resolution of 1 minute for the last hour and 1 hour resolution for the rest.

Reach My Device (RMD) on demand

• RMD tunnel to the Security Gateway now only opens on demand. This should increase stability and scalability of RMD services
  
  

Secure backup through FTP

• Ability to save backup files to remote server through SCP, SFTP, FTPS and other protocols in addition to FTP.

Enhancements

SmartProvisioning script implementation for Quantum Spark Appliances - EA level (see the configuration sk174425) :

• Allows running SmartProvisioning configuration scripts which skips when errors are encountered (does not terminate the configuration script).

Supporting Block page on bridged VLAN (see the configuration sk123035) :

• New advanced parameter which allow to redirect users to a blocking page on tagged VLAN over bridge.

Supported Appliances

• 1500 Series: 1530, 1550, 1570, 1570R, and 1590 appliances.
• 1600 appliances.
• 1800 appliances.

Hi All

A new GA SmartConsole (Build #102) for R80.30 was released today  (Replacing build #101) and is available for download.

For more info please refer to sk153153.

Thanks,

Release Operation groups

Hi All

A new Ongoing Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator take for R80.30 (take 237) was released today,  and is available for download. Please refer to sk153152

Please note the following:

•        The new release is mentioned in  ssk153152
•        The new releases will be published via CPUSE as a recommended version once it will be published as GA.
•        Availability:

o   Available to download the via sk153152

o   Available for download via CPUSE by using package identifier.

o   Can be provided by customer support

Content included in this take:

• List of resolved issue in this take can be found in sk153152

Thanks ,

Release Operation Group

Hi All,

R80.20 Jumbo HF Take #202 is now our GA take (replacing take 190) and is available for download to all via CPUSE (as recommended) and via sk137592.

Full list of resolved issues can be found in sk137592.

Thanks,

Release Management groups

We are happy to announce that Check Point Quantum R81.10 has been released!

R81.10 brings a major improvement in security operation efficiency across reliability, performance and scale of the management server.

Critical operations such as APIs, High Availability synchronization and login are more reliable and faster than ever. The SmartConsole will automatically be updated with the latest fixes and improvements.

R81.10 adds new dynamic log distribution to add log server capacity on demand.

And as part of Scalable Platforms, R81.10 brings new mix and match ability to leverage different Quantum security gateways within a single Quantum Maestro orchestration.

Watch the R81.10 Webinar here!

This release is initially recommended for customers who are interested in implementing the new features.

We will make it the default version after significant adoption. It will then be available in the 'Showing Recommended Packages' section in the CPUSE tab in Gaia portal. 

For “What’s New”, Release Notes and more information, please refer to R81.10 Homepage [sk170416]

Check Point will be monitoring the adoption of the release closely as well as any issues that may arise.

Please feel free to reach out to us with any feedback or questions

Best Regards

Release Operations Group

Hi All

A new Ongoing Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator take for R80.30 (take 236) was released today,  and is available for download. Please refer to sk153152

Please note the following:

•        The new release is mentioned in  sk153152
•        The new releases will be published via CPUSE as a recommended version once it will be published as GA.
•        Availability:

o   Available to download the via sk153152

o   Available for download via CPUSE by using package identifier.

• Can be provided by customer support

Release highlight Fix:

PRJ-25946, PRJ-25945 - Unable to run any dynamic routing or install any static routes

Content included in this take:

• List of resolved issue in this take can be found in sk153152

Thanks ,

Release Operation Group

Hi All

R80.40 Jumbo HF Take #118 is now our GA take (replacing take 102) and is available for download to all via CPUSE (as recommended) and via sk165456.

List of resolved issue in this take can be found in sk165456 .

Please note that Blink image for the secondary Multi-Domain Management  and Multi-Domain Log Module (MLM) is available starting from R80.40 Jumbo Hotfix Take 118.

Thanks,

Release Operation group

Hi All,

A new Ongoing Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator take for R80.20 (take 202) was released today,  and is available for download. Please refer to sk137592

 Please note the following:

•        The new release is mentioned in  sk137592
•        The new releases will be published via CPUSE as a recommended version once it will be published as GA.
•        Availability:

o   Available to download the via sk137592

o   Available for download via CPUSE by using package identifier.

o   Can be provided by customer support

Content included in this take:

• List of resolved issue in this take can be found in  sk137592

Thanks ,

Release Management Group

Hi All,

A new GA SmartConsole (Build #122) for R80.20 was released today  (Replacing build #121) and is available for download.

For more info please refer to sk137593.

Thanks,

Release  Management groups

Hi All

R80.30 Jumbo HF Take #236 is now our GA take (replacing take 228) and is available for download to all via CPUSE (as recommended) and via  sk153152.

Release Highlight:

•        PRJ-25946, PRJ-25945 - Unable to run any dynamic routing or install any static routes

Full list of resolved issues can be found in  sk153152.

Thanks,

Release Operation group

Hi All

R80.10 Jumbo HF Take #290 is now our GA take (replacing take 288) and is available for download to all via CPUSE (as recommended) and via sk116380.

List of resolved issue in this take can be found in sk116380.

Thanks,

Release Operation group

Hi All,

A new Ongoing Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator take for R80.40 (take 119) was released today,  and is available for download. Please refer to sk165456

Please note the following:

•        The new release is mentioned in  sk165456
•        The new releases will be published via CPUSE as a recommended version once it will be published as GA.
•        Availability:

o   Available to download the via sk165456

o   Available for download via CPUSE by using package identifier.

o   Can be provided by customer support

Content included in this take:

• List of resolved issue in this take can be found in sk165456

Thanks ,

Release Management Group

Hi All,

A new GA SmartConsole (Build #424) for R80.40 was released today  (Replacing build #423) and is available for download.

For more info please refer to sk165473.

Thanks,

Release  Management groups

Hi All,

A new Ongoing Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator take for R80.40 (take 118) was released today,  and is available for download. Please refer to sk165456

Please note the following:

•        The new release is mentioned in  sk165456
•        The new releases will be published via CPUSE as a recommended version once it will be published as GA.
•        Availability:

o   Available to download the via sk165456

o   Available for download via CPUSE by using package identifier.

o   Can be provided by customer support

Content included in this take:

• List of resolved issue in this take can be found in sk165456

Thanks ,

Release Management Group