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Community Highlights
Aside from Valeri Loukine joining the team, here's what else happened on CheckMates this past week:
More on R80.20.M1
A few new threads highlighting features of R80.20.M1:
What you need will depend on where you're starting from (OS) and where you're going to (version).
Some issues with the MUH agent on a terminal server that were ultimately addressed by upgrading to the latest Jumbo Hotfix on R77.30.
This is related to using the R80.x APIs to enforce SAM rules.
A new "How To..... " Video showing how easy it is to deploy Check Point CloudGuard in AWS.
Application Control and URL Filtering are treated similarly, which might cause a policy issue or two if you don't account for it.
There isn't an "API" for this, but you can use Log Exporter. Or ye olde fw log.
This captures the Gaia OS configuration (with some caveats).
Tip of the week right here!
If you're new to Check Point and taking over the administration of gateways, this thread has a few things you should do.
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