Skybox – Files Needed for Policy Analysis

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: The rulebase file contains the access rules.
  • (Optional) install_statuses.C: The installed statuses file includes the name of the policy (the active policy) that is currently installed in the firewall.
  • (Optional) vsx_objects.C: The VSX device objects file contains objects (including assets, networks, and services) referenced in the access rules of VSX (virtual systems) firewalls.

Note: If the Check Point configuration contains several policies, install_statuses.C is mandatory (it contains the information of which policy is installed on which firewall).

These files are located at:

  • (Windows) C:\WINDOWS\FW1\<version#>\conf
  • (Linux) /<FireWall-1_installation_path>/CPfw1-<version#>/conf

You also need the name of the active policy on each firewall module and the ifconfig and netstat –rnv output from each firewall module.

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