R77.20 and Older Version. Please check the link below bottom bottom to find step-by-step method bottom bottomto send Check Point Tracker logs bottom bottomto any external Syslog server. The Following link is from Our official Check Point CCSP TAC support portal. Check Point and Syslog R77.30 1. Configuring Check Point management server bottom bottom to send Check Point logs bottom bottomto syslog is a two step process. First configuring Check Point bottom bottomto send tracker logs bottom bottomto /var/log/messages then sending /var/log/messages bottom bottomto remote syslog server. 2. Perform ..read more

This article explains possible security threats from the attacker’s perspective while the business operations are running remotely from home by employees. Also, it will help us to see the security poster of work from home policies to effectively protect the personal and vital business data from leakage during the COVID -19 situation. The need for this Article Adversaries are taking advantage of the fact that many people who are working from home have not applied the same security on their networks that companies usually adopt in their workplace environment. Companies also don’t deploy the righ ..read more

Overview IPv6 addresses are of 128-bit in length, where 8 blocks of 16-bit Hexadecimal fields separated by colons i.e. In the format of x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x . Considering a sample IPv6 address say 2001:0DB8:0000:0000:0000:FF00:0042:8329 , the leading zeroes from any groups of hexadecimal digits can be removed. So, the above address can also be written as 2001:DB8:0: 0: 0:FF00: 42:8329 . Consecutive sections of zeroes can be replaced with a double colon (::). So, the above address will become 2001:DB8::FF00: 42:8329 . Commonly used IPv6 address formats, IPv6 Address Type IPv6 Format IPv6 Compre ..read more

Overview 1. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is no doubt a Powerful & yet Simple protocol for exchanging the data between Server & Client implemented on the Web. 2. The major Security Concern with HTTP is that the information that flows between the Server & Client will be in Clear Text¸ allowing the machines through which the data passes can see the content transmitted. 3. To address this concern, Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secured (HTTPS) was introduced. 4. In HTTPS, Client & Server will establish a Secure Encrypted Channel and then pass the information through it. 5 ..read more

Overview   1. When we install a Check Point Operating System (say Gaia) and boot the device for the first time, by default a Private Key, CSR (using the default parameters) & a Self-Signed Certificate will be created. While Generating the CSR, it took the default parameters and the CN field as the interface IP-address defined during the OS installation of this VM (192.168.1.1 on CP Devices). The Private Key & Self-Signed Certificate will be stored in /web/conf directory of that device. 2. As it’s a Self-Signed Certificate (not from a Trusted CA), browsers will throw a HTTPS Certif ..read more

Introduction to Bridge Mode Bridge Interfaces Bridge interfaces connect two different interfaces (bridge ports). Bridging two interfaces causes every Ethernet frame that is received on one bridge port to be transmitted to the other port. Thus, the two bridge ports participate in the same Broadcast domain (which is different from router ports behaviour). Only two interfaces can be connected by a single Bridge interface. These two interfaces can then be thought of as a two-ports switch. Each port can be a physical, VLAN, or bond device. Bridge interfaces can be configured on Check Point ..read more

Setup: Check Point R80.20 Gaia Standalone Machine (Build T101, Jumbo Hotfix T47) Splunk 7.2.5 (RPM package installed on CentOS 7) Pre-requisites: Existing Splunk setup. Existing Check Point setup. Communication between Check Point and Splunk. Log Exporter is already integrated with R80.20. There is no need to install a dedicated package. Install the Jumbo Hotfix Take 5 or higher for R80.20 on your Check Point server via CPUSE (for support of Splunk format and read-mode). It is recommended to use Check Point App for Splunk when exporting logs to Splunk server. Introduction: Check Point “Log E ..read more

R77.20 and Older Version. Please check the link below to find step-by-step method to send Check Point Tracker logs to any external Syslog server. The Following link is from Our official Check Point CCSP TAC support portal. Check Point and Syslog R77.30 1. Configuring Check Point management server to send Check Point logs to syslog is a two step process.  First configuring Check Point to send tracker logs to /var/log/messages then sending /var/log/messages to remote syslog server. 2. Perform ssh to Management server and enter expert mode. 3. Open cpboot file in vi editor and add the following l ..read more

Topology:  Checkpoint Firewall: External IP – 3.3.3.20 Internal IP – 1.1.1.20 Next Hope – 3.3.3.50 Remote Vyatta: External IP – 7.7.7.10 Internal IP – 10.10.10.20 Next Hope – 7.7.7.20 1. Checkpoint side configuration Object Configuration: Double gateway object  -> check box ‘IPsec VPN’ Go to Topology ->  Get ->  click ‘Get Interface with Topology’ Check box ‘Manually defined’ -> click 3 dot -> new -> network Object -> Define the CheckPoint encryption domain i.e.. 1.1.1.0/24. Go to ‘Link Selection’ -> check ‘Selected address from topology table’ -> select the Exte ..read more

For integrating Splunk with Checkpoint Log server we require the following pre-requisites to be installed/configured. Working Splunk Setup Splunk Add On For Checkpoint Opsec LEA Application Installed On Splunk Pam libraries, GCC dependencies installed on the linux distro on which splunk in installed. Working Checkpoint Management/Log Server and access to Smart Dashboard. Working Communication between the Management/Log Server and Splunk Server Lets start with installing the Splunk Add On For Checkpoint Opsec LEA Application on the Splunk server. Download the application and store it in a locat ..read more