This Week in CheckMates 9 December 2019

[PhoneBoy]

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Welcome Shay!

@Shay_Levin has just joined the CheckMates team! Among many other initiatives, he'll be doing local user groups in the Asia-Pacific region. 

Community Highlights

Here are the threads to watch from the last week:

Product Updates

• R80.20 JHF Ongoing Take 127
• R80.30 JHF GA Take 111

Code Hub Discussions

• R80.40 API v1.6 Changelog
• Mass Modification of all User Accounts Expiration Dates

Other Topics

• SmartConsole Undo Changes Without Discarding Session 
• Replace Upgrade Cluster
• UserCheck Block Page Content Change
• R80.x Performance Tuning Tip: Elephant Flows (Heavy Connections)
• HTTP Blocked, but HTTPS Allowed Even Though Log Says Reject
• Asynchronous Fragments on a Firewall in Bridge Mode 
• What's Wrong With My Regex to Block C2 Traffic?

Upcoming Events

We are now maintaining our event calendar in Google Calendar
You can browse our calendar of events here: CheckMates Calendar 
Here's where you can find @Valeri_Loukine and I over the next few weeks:

• 11th December 2019: CheckMates Cyber Range in Denver with @PhoneBoy 
• 12th December 2019: CheckMates Live Dublin

If you would like a CheckMates Live event in your area, get in contact with us: checkmates@checkpoint.com