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I certainly understand the need for a stable release - but the support dates are really hurting our ability to stay compliant without a massive effort from our engineers, consultants and customers in general.

r81.10 goes eol October 2024 - Being in a financial service business staying within supported software is critical.

With summer holidays, december and every month ultimo locked down for change freeze, the number of change windows is quickly shrinking. And with 25 large vsx clusters and some 400 virtual systems the complexity is not low.

That r81.10 is still the recommended release hurts our ability to meet the compliance target, and we already know from history that we will see the same issue since r81.20 is eol in 2026 with next recommended release probably just available a year before.

I really wish Check Point had a better release management cycle, with the recommened release coming day 1 and/or a longer eol date between releases.

/Henrik