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Managing partition sizes via LVM manager on Gaia OS

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Partition Resize Since R77.30 lvm_manager is included in Gaia OS and can be used to resize logical volumes on the system. Check Managing partition sizes via LVM manager on Gaia OS (sk95566) for more information. Partition Sizes when installing Gaia OS When...

Check Point Product
Gaia OS
Storage
Check Point Version
R77.30

SmartConsole cli parameters

Check Point Firewalls Operation

In R77.30 you could use command line parameters to specify username/password like this: FwPolicy.exe connect %Hostname% %Username% Since R80.10 you need to do the following: SmartConsole.exe -p SmartConsole.LoginParams Here is the SmartConsole.LoginParams ...

Scripting
Check Point Product
SmartConsole

Jump to Rule Number or UID

Check Point Firewalls Operation

In R80.10 you can jump directly to a rule number or a rule-UID. With Ctrl-G you get the following: You can copy the UID from a rule: Or search for an rule-UID: Perfect to use in documentations, just use the rule-UID or sometimes I also use the <FW...

Check Point Product
SmartConsole
Check Point Version
R80.x

SmartConsole: Clear disconnected sessions

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Howto clear disconnected sessions If several SmartConsole disconnected (stale) sessions that cannot be discarded, see this here: https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Management-Topics/clear-disconnected-sessions/td-p/33027 Postgresql Queries View p...

Check Point Product
SmartConsole
Check Point Version
R80.x

Useful SNMP OIDs (VSX)

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Check Point and SNMP Monitoring for a Firewall is important, you need to make sure that you see the baseline of your environment and that you can see when some value will go up too high. The following guide is showing some of the most used SNMP OID for monit...

SNMP
Check Point Product
VSX
Scripting
Check Point Version
R80.x

Missing feature - Global search across multiple CMA

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Preface Before R80.x in a MDM (Multi Domain Management) you could do a search where an object is used in all the CMA's.Until now (R80.30) this feature is not included in SmartConsole anymore. Script solution https://github.com/WadesWeaponShed/Global-IP-Sea...

Check Point Version
R80.x
Check Point Product
VSX
Scripting

Limitation of 251 Inline Layers

Check Point Firewalls Troubleshooting

Problem Policy push fails with the following error: Policy installation failed on gateway. If the problem persists contact Check Point support (Error code: 2000232) Cause The user has configured too many policy layers in the rulebase (a layer is either an O...

Check Point Product
SmartConsole
Check Point Version
R80.x

Show logging using the web interface

Check Point Firewalls Operation

If you need to view Logs over the Web in Check Point you can use SmartView. Available since R80 but not enabled per default. In R80.10 it is enabled per default and you can access it with your SmartConsole Credentials. It looks like this in the Browser: A...

Check Point Version
R80.x
Check Point Product
SmartView

After policy install: UDP packet that belongs to an old session drops

Check Point Firewalls Troubleshooting

Problem description At the customer site we have a rule which allows a WLAN Controller to connect to the RADIUS Server in another network.After installing the rules, the UDP connections were rematched because it is the needed global Setting on this Firewall. ...

Check Point Version
R80.x
Check Point Product
SmartConsole

Packetpushers with SQLNet

Check Point Firewalls Troubleshooting

If you need to apply an ALG (Application level gateway) on SQLNet be careful and check the following: SQL*Net (a.k.a Oracle TNS) and firewalls… Most vendor’s firewalls have a SQL ALG that handles SQL*Net traffic.They listen on TCP port 1521. SQL*Net is base...

Check Point Product
Gateway
Troubleshooting

Show interface speed and duplex as a list

Check Point Firewalls Troubleshooting

If you need a list of interfaces and the actual speed and duplex settings use this: # ifconfig -a | grep encap | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v lo | grep -v bond | grep -v ":" \ | grep -v ^lo | xargs -I % sh -c 'ethtool %; ethtool -i %' | grep '^driver\|Speed\|D...

Check Point Product
Gateway
Scripting
Troubleshooting

Threat Extraction Troubleshooting

Check Point Firewalls Troubleshooting

Introduction The following is a collection of troubleshooting I need to do with Check Point Threat Extraction R80.10.I used the Technical Reference Guide (ATRG) here: sk114807 Workflow in MTA mode A PostFix server receives and handles the emails.  Emails...

Check Point Version
R80.10
Check Point Product
Threat Extraction
Troubleshooting

GAIA - Easy execute CLI commands on all gateways simultaneously

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Link https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Enterprise-Appliances-and-Gaia/GAIA-Easy-execute-CLI-commands-on-all-gateways-simultaneously/m-p/50883  

Check Point Product
Gaia OS
Scripting

Export/Import Policy Package

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Check Point ExportImportPolicyPackage tool enables you to export a policy package from a Management database to a .tar.gz file, which can then be imported into any other Management database. The tool is supported for version R80.10 and above. This tool can be...

Check Point Version
R80.10+
Check Point Product
Management
Scripting
Operation

Initiating manual cluster failover

Check Point Firewalls Operation

This command lets you initiate a manual cluster failover (see sk55081). Syntax Shell Command Gaia Clish set cluster member admin {down | up} Expert mode clusterXL_admin {down | up} Example [Expert@Me...

Check Point Product
Gateway
Check Point Version
R81
Operating

How to migrate Custom Queries from one SmartView Tracker to another

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Problem To do administration of IPS and other modules of the check point firewall, you often need to check logs with smartlog queries.These queries are saved then to favorites for later use. Migration To migrate these queries to a new user account on the ...

Check Point Product
SmartConsole
Check Point Version
R80.10+
Operation

Check Point Log Export

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Solution Check Point "Log Exporter" is an easy and secure method for exporting Check Point logs over the syslog protocol. It is integrated in Version R80.20 or higher. Example Basic Log Export to another syslog Server cp_log_export add name SyslogToSplunk ...

Check Point Product
SmartLog
Check Point Product
Management
Check Point Version
R80.20+
Operating

Check Point Links & Tools

Check Point Firewalls Links & Tools

Blogs https://yurisk.info/category/checkpoint-ngngx.html https://checkpoint.engineer/ https://checkpointengineer.com/ Architecture Ports Used for Communication by Various Check Point Modules R80.x Security Gateway Architecture (Logical Packet Flow)...

Links
Check Point Product

VPN Troubleshooting

Check Point Firewalls Troubleshooting

VPN Problems Links & Infos IKEv2 Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5996 Check Point Probleme mit IKEv2 Site to Site using IKEv2 fails with "None of the traffic selectors match the conection"https://support.chec...

Check Point Product
VPN
Troubleshooting

Useful Smartlog Queries

Check Point Firewalls Operation

Generic Queries Research SmartLog Query Search for E-Mail SubjectNote: Search without quotation marks and wildcard works for email_subject email_subject:*TEXT* Application Control Proxy Log blade:"Application Control" AND appi_name:"Web Sur...

Check Point Product
SmartLog
Check Point Version
R80.x
Logging & Analytics