Recently Checkpoint introduced new feature on their website – AppWiki that lists with short but informative descriptions lots of software they deem interesting enough.
Even more of goodies – it is public. Since I learned about this cute resource I don’t waddle through the zillions of pages in Google for say Twitter client 😉 – I go straight to the AppWiki from Checkpoint and pick the one I like. To showcase I attach the screenshot of the website.
Thanks guys and gals and Happy New Year everyone.

Well, saying ‘present’ I was a bit sarcastic – just another release in the NGX family – R75 , that is now available for download: R75 release .

So go ahead , install it , use it, enjoy its new features and bugs and report back to the mothership .
Note At the present trial download of R75 is not available but you can download R71.10 that isn’t that different . The usual way to go – Trial software from Checkpoint.

Hello, fellow checkpoint-heads.
I know you have been waiting for this for a long long time, and now it happens – Checkpoint announced that Check Point Certified Master Architect Certification lab can be taken at “convenience of your desktop” – that is Online. You don’t need to ride your horses over the dusty Texas any more, for mere 1500US$ you can take it online and be happy ever after (me thinks you will be happy anyway, cause if you can throw away easily 1500 bucks you are all set already).
In addition their CCSA/CCSE training classes are also available online,details on their website.

There is a not critical but rather annoying bug in the Checkpoint Edge devices firmware 8.1.x preventing any host behind it to reach class A network 2.0.0.0/8 . If you notice this problem then it is most probably because recently the pool 2.16.0.0/13 was assigned to Akamai Technologies . Checkpoint have a bug-fix firmware for that , so open a ticket with them and you will get one.