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Check Point R70.1, R70.20, & R70.30

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:59:27 +0100

It's been a while since my R70 IPS review so I thought I'd write some details about the 'what happened next'. The short answer is a lot. The Check Point Products Organisation are really pushing…

Our first little app! Tau: ScreenOS object creator

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:30:57 +0000

Over in the sandbox we've placed the first of our little web applications. Called Tau, it's a simple Perl CGI application that, once provided with a tab delimited list of names and IP addresses and a…

A careful choice of words.....

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:26 +0000

Short Version

Once I'd finished suffering from a migraine today, I went on to try to recover some files from a dying virtual machine. Whilst doing so I ran the strings command on a recovered file to…

Tools of the Trade: Matt's Trace Route

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:21:14 +0100

It's been a while since I've posted anything and I apologise for this. Life has been busy and fun both professionally and personally! I hope to make up for this now with a short article on a tool…

All your PIX are belong to us!.... ASA's too!

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:06:21 +0100

A denial of service exploit has been posted to Milw0rm yesterday but don't worry, it's nothing new. Whilst there is firmware available from Cisco to fix it, you may wish to audit all your devices to…

Connecting to a Nokia using Kermit on Mac OS X & USB serial adapter

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:45:16 +0100

This is just a quick blog entry so I don't forget something quite important. I had a great deal of trouble finding a decent and free terminal emulator for Mac OS X that would work nicely with my loan…

Check Point R70's new gateway IPS engine

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:42:50 +0000

It took us longer than previously thought, but we're finally finished looking at Check Point's new IPS engine embedded in the R70 release of their security gateway. Previously called SmartDefense,…

R70's cp.macro: Some great finds!

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:58:17 +0000

Whilst I'm in the process of pulling apart R70 itself, I though I'd provide you something else to keep your brain box warm!

I spent about an hour going through R70's cp.macro file, yes the one that…

Check Point R70 available - a quick summary of the new features

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:00:48 +0000

Just a quick entry to point out that the R70 manuals and binaries are ready for download.

I'll be downloading and pulling the software to pieces over the week end so expect a sizable blog entry on…

Check Point's New Software Blade Licensing Model Architecture

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:46:36 +0000

Find out about Check Point's new Software Blade Architecture! Click the link

Check Point's New Software Blade Licensing Model Architecture

Creating a Virtual Cisco Switch

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:27:26 +0000

Fed up of carrying that Cisco switch to meetings to demonstrate dot1x? Or of waiting in line for access to a Catalyst to test your latest config?

Well worry not. The below white paper shows you how…

OSPF over VTIs with VPN-1

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:03:29 +0000

Hey! I finally see fit to show the world my first 'white paper'. Inspired by a genuine real life use case (Thanks Mr. P & Mr H) it details how OSPF can be used on Check Point gateways in conjunction…

A fake!

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:37:08 +0000

Just doing some testing on the ol' RSS feed. Do ignore this blog entry it's a pure fake I tell you!

Using 'tap/tun' interfaces in Mac OS X with VirtualBox

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:51:11 +0000

Update 20th November 2009

I've since upgraded to Virtual Box 3.0 and noticed that Vbox kindly allows you to create 'host only' networks that are presented to the OS as network interfaces.

Although I've…

Using WinSCP with SecurePlatform

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:21:46 +0000

Here we'll show you how to configure SecurePlatform to allow WinSCP (and other SCP clients) to connect successfully for the purpose of uploading and downloading files.

Solution

You can see in 'The…

Editing the Commands Available in Check Points Restricted Shell, cpshell

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:50:26 +0000

Today we look at how to add and remove commands from Check Point's Restricted shell: cpshell.

As many of you know, when you log on to any Check Point host that runs SecurePlatform you'll be presented…

Site is live!

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:46:34 +0000

Well would you look at that! The site is up and running complete with blog, white paper, and downloads section. How nice! There isn't much content of course, but there is a great little frame work…