This Week in CheckMates 3 December 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 at Home

It's been a while since both Valeri Loukine‌ and I were not on the road somewhere. 

Valeri took some well-deserved time off, I stuck around the homestead.

No pictures to share.

Ok, maybe one:

Community Highlights

Here are the conversations worth watching in the community:

TechTalk: Dome9 Overview and Q&A 

If you missed our TechTalk on Dome9 and you're using Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud (or even thinking about it), watch the recording of this TechTalk!

R80.20.M1 SmartConsole coexisting with R80.20 

Portable SmartConsole to the rescue!

R80.20 - Portable SmartConsole + Tips and Tricks 

Speaking of portable SmartConsole...

Open Server to Appliance 

All the cool kids are moving the Check Point appliances from Open Server

Add new cores to gateway 

Speaking of Open Servers, if you add more licensed cores, this thread will be helpful.

ClusterXL maintenance 

Not cluster maintenance necessarily, but maintenance on the hardware around the cluster...

False Positive on logs (Sandblast Agent) on BANKING Sites 

Looks like a bug we fixed in an upcoming release.

New Tool: CPPCAP 

A new and improved "tcpdump" for Gaia OS.

No logging in Logging and Monitor tab 

If you have your management and log server separated, this thread is relevant.

New Appliance Sizing Tool. Do you like it? 

This thread is really only relevant to Partners who have access to the tool, which was recently updated.

Upcoming Events

• 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!
• 9nd January 2019: New Years Toast and Migrate to R80.20