This Week in CheckMates 12 August 2019

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Community Highlights

Here are the threads to watch from the last week:

New Releases

• R80.30 JHF 19 is now GA
• R80.10 SmartConsole Build 137
• R80.30 is now Recommended Version

Moving from 4400 (R77.30) to 6500 (R80.20)

This could be useful in other "appliance move and upgrade" scenarios as well.

Hardware for Home Lab

VMware or similar all the way.

Status on Security Management as a Service

It's in Early Availability.

CDT versus SmartUpdate

SmartUpdate is legacy, but you'll see CDT gui-ified in an upcoming version.

Inline Layer in R80.20 After Migration from R77.30

We cover this in the Migrate to R80.x presentations we've done at local user groups and via TechTalks.

Create Network with Tag and Associate with a Group

Easy to do with the API.

How to Report on Zero Hit Rules

No report in SmartEvent currently, but you can get the information via API.

Check Point IP290 and R77.10

This looks like a prime candidate for a hardware and software refresh as both of these things are End of Support.

Upcoming Events

We are now maintaining our event calendar in Google Calendar.
You can browse our calendar of events here: CheckMates Calendar 
Here's where you can find @Valeri_Loukine and I over the next few weeks

• 14th August 2019: TechTalk: Check Point and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
• 19th August 2019: CheckMates Live in Singapore with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 22nd August 2019: CheckMates Live Sydney with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 22nd August 2019: CheckMates Live Orange County with @PhoneBoy 
• 28th August 2019: SD-WAN Security TechTalk
• 2nd September 2019: CheckMates Live Vienna with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 4th September 2019: CheckMates Live London with @_Val_ 
• 5th September 2019: CheckMates Live Manchester with @_Val_ 
• 12th September 2019: CheckMates Live Munich with @_Val_ 
• 25th September 2019: TechTalk: Fighting Cyber Security Threats with SandBlast Now

If you would like a CheckMates Live event in your area, get in contact with us: [email protected]