This Week in CheckMates 18 February 2019

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Vienna Calling!

You can bet the CheckMates team will be at CPX 360 in Vienna!

Meanwhile, Kishin Fatnani‌ took a great photo of a bunch of us in Vegas!

Posted: https://community.checkpoint.com/community/infinity-general/blog/2019/02/14/cpx360 

Community Highlights

Here are the conversations worth watching in the community:

Smart Console: Packet Mode - Possible Bug? 

Yes, theres a bug there, but thanks to the community, we'll see an improvement!

New in Developers (Code Hub)‌

• Checking a list of IP's for Host Objects; Add or Set Group Membership 
• Replace Log & Alert Server on Gateways/Clusters‌
• Management API Best Practices TechTalk and Q&A 
• Query permission profiles where used. 
• Postman Collections (links to all available) and the basics 

Lower number of CoreXL instances in ClusterXL HA‌

The number of CoreXL on all cluster members must match or clustering won't work.

Application Control Bug!? 

Not really a bug, but a misunderstanding of how the policy works on SMB appliances.

ConnectControl / Logical Servers within same subnet 

Have to admit, this one stumped me, even!

Limited Permission Profile 

While it's not possible to limit who can read a specific policy, you can restrict what logs they can see (in R80.x at least).

How to check debug command ? 

Given there are a number of different ways to debug, there is no simple answer to this question.

R77.20.85 performance issue on centrally managed SMB 

The fixed version of firmware was released on 11 February. See: R77.20.85 for Small and Medium Business Appliances 

Log all the rules on R80.x 

Including the implied rules.

 

Rename the files. We are planning a fix for this.

Upcoming Events

Due to the upcoming change to Lithium, we are maintaining our event calendar in Google Calendar.

You can browse our calendar of events here: CheckMates Calendar 

Upcoming events include:

• Feb 18th - 21st: CPX 360 Europe in Vienna
• Mar 7th: CPX Cliff Notes CPX Cliff Notes and SandBlast Mobile in Stamford, CT! 
• Mar 12th: ERFA East Meeting (CheckMates Denmark) Q1 2019 ‌
• Mar 14th:
  • ERFA West Meeting (CheckMates Denmark) Q1 2019 ‌
  • CheckMates Live! Dublin - March 2019 
• Mar 20th: Running VSX like a Pro TechTalk 

We are currently in the planning phases for our 2019 events.

If you want one in your area, get in contact with us: checkmates@checkpoint.com