This Week in CheckMates 26 November 2018

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While most of the content on CheckMates is in English, we now have a few groups where both content and discussions are available in other languages! 

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CheckMates in Frankfurt and Athens

It was Thanksgiving this past week in the US, so I took a break from the shiny metal tubes and CheckMates events.

Meanwhile, Valeri Loukine‌ packed them in at Frankfurt and Athens:

Amit Sharon‌ and Niran Turgeman‌ also joined Valeri Loukine‌ in Athens!

Community Highlights

Meanwhile, here are the conversations worth watching in the community:

Call For Papers CPX 360 2019 

Last week to submit for our CFP for CPX 360! Got something to tell the Check Point community live and on-stage? We'd love to hear from you!

How do I add SecureGateway to Cisco ISE 2.4 using RADIUS? 

A solution eventually came

SmartConsole Scripts Repository usecases and experience 

Related thread: Proper place to put custom scripts 

Access layer policies 

How ordered layers work

R80.x Performance Tuning Tip – Multi Queue 

Sometimes you need to bring in the heavy guns. See also: Open Server - HCL for multi queue network cards 

R80.20/R80.10 MTA now includes AV blade features 

Update your MTA in CPUSE to get the benefits!

Extract a policy from 77.30 and move it to 80.10 

I think we cover all the possible ways here

Sandblast and .msg attachments  

Yes, they're supported.

FQDN and Domain Objects in R80.10 when DNS server fail? 

Good things to know and tables to review when troubleshoot.

https://community.checkpoint.com/docs/DOC-3362 

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Upcoming Events

• 28th November 2018: TechTalk: Dome9 Overview 
• 29th November 2018: Migrate to R80.20, Live in Bellevue, WA!
• 6th December 2018: Migrate to R80.20, Live in Nashville!
• 11th December 2018: Check Point R80.20 Updates, Troubleshooting and Support Best Practices, Live in Zaventem 
• 13th December 2018: CheckMates Live! in Dublin!
• 2nd January 2019: New Years Toast and Migrate to R80.20