This Week in CheckMates 4 May 2018

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Community Highlights

Here are the top threads from the past week:

R80.10 - Where Used object 

The way this works is different in R80.x versus R77.x.

Creating VSX Virtual Systems using REST API  

While not formally part of the R80.x API, there is a way to use the API to do it.

Tip of the Day: Local R80.x API Documentation 

Speaking of the API, if you have access to your management station, you always have the documentation for the API available. 

Issues Restoring Gaia Backup in R80.10 JHF 70, 79, 85, 91 

A good reason to upgrade to JHF 103, which is now GA! ‌

GAiA WebUI not working with latest Chrome browser 

With an updated fix...and it's even in the SK now

Pablos Holman: Inside The Mind of a Hacker (Excerpt) 

This was one of the best talks we had at CPX360, and we finally made the video available! The above is an excerpt and contains a link to the full video.

Difference between HTTPS Inspection and Categorize HTTPS websites settings

This has been covered on CheckMates before, but it comes up with new members.

Can someone advise the way to get future Release Notifications automatically? 

Yes, you can

https://community.checkpoint.com/docs/DOC-2894-introduction-to-restful-apis-and-json-format 

If you've never used REST APIs before, here's a nice introduction along with how it translates to mgmt_cli.

Upcoming Events

Here's what's coming up in the next few weeks:

• 24^th May 2018: Geneva: Best Practices for Check Point Security 
• Week 11th June: @New England area (vote on the following thread where: ‌)