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This week Vicky Broadwater and I did an event in Atlanta. She did the "bring your own malware" part, I talked about the R80.10 API:
Oh yeah, and I autographed a few of Tim Hall's books as well:
The next CheckMates event I am doing is in Geneva in late May!
More details here: Geneva: Best Practices for Check Point Security
Meanwhile, here are the top threads from the past week:
All the details are here!
Useful guide as you start deploying CloudGuard gateways in Azure.
It's an older thread, but it came up in another thread as someone asked the best way to change interface topology on a cluster object.
You don't generally need to modify the log server of a bunch of gateways, but when you do...
Something changed in the recent Chrome and Firefox builds. Workaround is listed in this thread.
Some real-world experience with this feature documented.
Some tips from the community here
HTTPS Inspection is definitely a culprit here
If you install non-jumbo hotfixes, be aware they may not be compatible with the most recent jumbo hotfix!
Not every Open Server is supported. Always check before you buy!
Here's what's coming up in the next few weeks:
