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CheckMates on a Yacht!
@Moti, @Amit_Sharon, and I were in Miami for CPX, which was held on the Seafair Mega Yacht! Amit caught me in action at the booth:
Moti gave his keynote:
Community Highlights
Here are the threads to watch from the last week:
Congratulations and thank you for your ongoing contributions to the community, @Maarten_Sjouw !
Are you enjoying our new podcast? Let us know!
Topic came up again in a different thread, so re-highlighting this one.
Our VP of Products Dr. Dorit Dor weighed in on this thread. Seems in R80.30 with the 3.10 kernel, this is the default for all platforms and it will bring some performance benefits.
Depends on the rule that matched the connection.
Our tool to migrate to Check Point from other vendors has been updated to support Palo Alto Networks!
You can leave the old ones there, but there are some benefits to moving to the new services.
We've had requests regarding an IPS signature for this particular CVE.
An order of operations question.
For those who are curious...
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 @_Val_ and I over the next few weeks
If you would like a CheckMates Live event in your area, get in contact with us: checkmates@checkpoint.com