With Skybox it is possible to analyse the Check Point security policy – the files you need to export from the manager for this are: The following files are required to import a Check Point FireWall-1 configuration: objects_5_0.C: The network objects file contains objects (including assets, networks, and services) referenced in the access rules. rulebases_5_0.fws: …

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Invalid command:’scp -t /path/to/dir/’ This article explains the cause of the “Invalid command:’scp -t xxxxx'” error and how to solve it. Background Researching this error actually brought to my attention two undocumented switches of the scp command: “-f” and “-t”. These flags are automatically added to the command when it’s run depending on whether you’re …

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Captive Portal Fails to Load Properly or Returns 404 This article describes how to fix the issue whereby captive portal fails to load, is returned only partially without the user / pass fields or returns a 404 error. This also mitigates issues with:slow access to a Mobile Access gateway on wireless or lossy networks. The …

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SIP Calls Drop After 15 Minutes – CheckPoint 1100 Appliance There are many different reasons why SIP calls drop – if they regularly drop after a consistent period it’s very often a faulty SIP session timer or failure to send keep-alive packets. There are others however and this article highlights a parameter, which if set …

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Repair A Corrupt Smartcenter Installation This article details how to repair a corrupt smartcenter step-by-step. This process is valid for both Windows and *nix-based installations and platform-specific instructions are pointed out where necessary. In fact, the word “repair” is somewhat misleading as what we really do is create a new smartcenter and use configuration files …

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