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Recovering from a dead Check Point SmartCenter
One of the strongest differentiators with Check Point’s firewall architecture is their inherent 3 tier approach. You build a gateway, you join it to a management server and you manage everything with a...
View ArticleCisco and Check Point VPN Interoperability
For the life of me, I could not find my notes from the last time I configured a site to site VPN between a Cisco ASA and a Check Point gateway. I wanted to see if I’d left myself any reminders about...
View ArticleRunning OSPF on Check Point Gateways for WAN failover to VPN
This blog has some really useful stuff. I recommend you follow it if you are interested in any of the technologies the author discusses. http://www.snakeoilresearch.com Today I’ve been looking into...
View ArticleBacking up your Check Point Smart Center on Windows
If you are not running highly available, synchronized Smart Centers for your Check Point VPN-1 environment, you might be looking into making sure you have a backup setup. Even if you have...
View ArticleHow to setup email alerting with SmartView Monitor
One often overlooked detail in basic Check Point setups is setting up your SmartView Monitor (SVM) alerting. The available alerts include handy notifications about CPU spikes, low disk space, sync...
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Prioritizing Session Policy/Profile on Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition
Today I worked with Terry (from www.commonterry.ca) on a Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition (CAGEE) scenario where we wanted to bind users to different Session Policies based on Active Directory...
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RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 Tutorials
Today while downloading the latest RSA Authentication Manager Service Pack (3), I figured I may as well download the Overview & Tutorial that I’d always seen but never investigated....
View ArticleHP Virtual Connect for Dummies: 2nd Edition
HP has a “Dummies” book all about Virtual Connect. It’s 2nd Edition adds FlexFabric. Grab it here http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/virtualconnect/connectfordummies/regForm.html
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Lost in Translation? Converting your Cisco or HP Networking knowledge from...
In my first real network related job, I worked exclusively with Cisco. It was great. With my fresh CCNA and a Senior Network Architect who was willing to mentor me, I was on my way to becoming a real...
View ArticleTranslating Cisco IOS to HP A and E Series
A couple months ago I wrote this post about converting some basic Cisco IOS commands to HP ProCurve (now known as HP E-series). I keep wanting to write one for Cisco IOS to HP A-series. And I will...
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