![]() You can download the correct version of SmartConsole directly using the webinterface of your Security Management Server, or you can try the Check Point download center. Since R80 Check Point is trying to consolidate all these tools in a single new GUI client: SmartConsole. Check Point gateways provide superior security beyond any Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). In previous versions of the Check Point software, they had a whole bunch of different GUI clients: SmartDashboard to manage policies, SmartViewTracker to view logfiles, SmartViewMonitor for realtime monitoring, and some more specialized tools too. ![]() ) is configured through the management server. All policies relating to traffic passing through the box (firewall, NAT, VPN. You only use that to configure device-specific settings like interfaces, routing, time, SNMP, etc. You can get the software from the Check Point website.Īll modern Check Point appliances have a webinterface, but you cannot use that to manage firewall policies. When you only have one appliance, you can run the "Management Server" on the same box as the "Security Gateway" (the firewall itself), but more comonly you install the management server on a VM. Check this picture from a CCSA introduction blogpost: ![]() Regardless of whether you have a single firewall or whether you're managing dozens fo different appliances, you always use a management server and a (trusted) GUI client. Check Point management is a bit different when you're used to other firewall products.
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