Chapter 1 VPN-1 Fundamentals 

• Check Point’s Security Gateway 

• Bridge Mode 

• Bridge Mode and STP 

• VPN-1 Gateway Inspection Architecture

Security Policy Management

• SmartConsole Components

VPN-1 SmartCenter Server 

• Basic Concepts and Terminology 

• Using Management Plug-Ins

• Securing Channels of Communication 

• Administrative Login Using SIC

SmartUpdate and Managing Licenses 

• Understanding SmartUpdate 

• Overview of Managing Licenses

• Contracts/Services 

• Service Contracts 

• Working with Contract Files

Lab 1: VPN-1 Distributed Installation 

Review

Chapter 2 Introduction to SecurePlatform 

SecurePlatform Hardware Requirements and Setup 

• Hardware Compatibility Testing Tool

Using the Command Line

• Basic Linux Commands 

• Backup and Restore 

• Viewing Scheduling Status in the WebUI 

• Restoring the Backup via the Command Line 

• Restoring Older Versions of SecurePlatform

• Scheduling a Backup in the WebUI

• Viewing the Backup Log in the WebUI

• Generating CPInfo

• Critical Check Point Directories 

• Log Files 

• objects.C and objects_5_0.C 

• rulebases_5_0.fws 

• fwauth.NDB

• Exporting User Database Only 

• Backing Up Using upgrade_export 

Managing Your SecurePlatform System 

• Connecting to SecurePlatform Using Secure Shell

• User Management

SecurePlatform Command Shell

• SecurePlatform Command Shell

• Management Commands

• Documentation Commands

• System Commands 

• Snapshot-Image Management 

• System-Diagnostic Commands 

• Check Point Commands

• Network-Diagnostic Commands 

• Network-Configuration Commands 

• User and Administrative Commands

Lab 2: Configuring VPN-1 Using the CLI
  

Review
  

Chapter 3 Introduction to the Security Policy

Security Policy Basics 

• The Rule Base 

Managing Objects in SmartDashboard

• SmartDashboard and Objects

• Managing Objects 

• Changing the View in the Objects Tree 

Lab 3: Creating Objects, Establishing Trust and Configuring SmartMap 

Creating the Rule Base 

• Basic Rule Base Concepts

• Default Rule

• Basic Rules 

• Implicit/Explicit Rules 

• Control Connections

• Completing the Rule Base 

• Understanding Rule Base Order 

Rule Base Management 

• Review

• Useful Tips 

Policy Management and Revision Control

  
Policy-Management Overview 

• Policy Packages

• Installation Targets 

• Querying and Sorting Rules and Objects 

Database Revision Control

• Implementing Database Revision Control 

Lab 4: Configuring the Security Policy 

  
Network Address Translation 

• IP Addressing.

• Dynamic (Hide) NAT

• Static NAT

• Hide Versus Static 

• Choosing the Hide Address in Hide NAT

• Configuring NAT

• Dynamic NAT Object Configuration

• Manual NAT 

Lab 5: Configuring Static NAT

  
Enabling VoIP Traffic 

• Supported Protocols 

• Session Initiation Protocol 

• H.323

Detecting IP Spoofing 

• Configuring Anti-Spoofing 

• Multicasting 

• Configuring Multicast Access Control

Review
   
Chapter 4 Monitoring Traffic and Connections 

SmartView Tracker

• SmartView Tracker Login 

• Log Types 

• SmartView Tracker Tabs 

• Action Icons

• Log-File Management 

• Administrator Auditing

• Global Logging and Alerting 

• Time Settings

Blocking Connections 

• Terminating and Blocking Active Connections 

• SmartView Monitor 

• SmartView Monitor Login

• Customizable Views

• Monitoring Suspicious Activity Rules

• Monitoring Alerts

• SmartView Tracker vs. SmartView Monitor

Eventia Reporter 

• Report Types 

• Predefined Reports 

• Customizing Predefined Reports 

• Eventia Reporter Considerations

• Eventia Reporter Licensing

Lab 6: Blocking Intruder Connections

Lab 7: Configuring Suspicious Activity Rule in SmartView Monitor 

Review
   

Chapter 5 User Management and Authentication

Creating Users and Groups in SmartDashboard

Introduction to VPN-1 Authentication

• Introduction to Authentication Methods

• Authentication Schemes 

Authentication Methods

• User Authentication 

• Configuring User Authentication 

• Session Authentication 

• Configuring Session Authentication 

• Client Authentication

• Configuring Client Authentication 

• Resolving Access Conflicts 

• Configuring Authentication Tracking 

LDAP User Management with SmartDirectory 

• LDAP Features

• Multiple LDAP Servers

• Using an Existing LDAP Server

• Configuring Entities to Work with VPN-1

• Managing Users

• SmartDirectory Group

Lab 8: Configuring Client Authentication

Lab 9: Configuring LDAP Authentication with SmartDirectory 

Review
   

Chapter 6 Check Point QoS 

Check Point QoS Overview 

• Stateful Inspection 

• Intelligent Queuing Engine

• Weighted Flow Random Early Drop

• Retransmission Detection Early Drop

Check Point QoS Architecture 

• Basic Architecture 

• QoS SmartCenter Server.

• QoS SmartConsole

• The Security Gateway

Deploying QoS 

• Check Point QoS Topology Restrictions

• Check Point QoS Rule Base 

• Bandwidth Allocation and Rules

• Traditional and Express Modes

• QoS Action Properties 

• Bandwidth Allocation and Subrules

• Implementing the Rule Base

• QoS Rule Considerations 

Differentiated Services

• DiffServ Marks for IPSec Packets

• Interaction Between DiffServ Rules and Other Rules

Low Latency Queuing 

• Low Latency Classes

• Low Latency Class Priorities

• When to Use Low Latency Queuing 

Authenticated QoS

Monitoring QoS Policy 

• SmartView Tracker 

• SmartView Monitor 

• Eventia Reporter 

• Optimizing Check Point QoS 

Lab 10: Configuring Check Point QoS Policy 

Review
  

Chapter 7 Basic SmartDefense and Content Inspection 

Introducing SmartDefense 

• Networks and Application Intelligence 

• Web Intelligence

• Online Updates

• Monitor Only Mode

Network Security 

• Denial-of-Service 

• IP and ICMP

• TCP

• Fingerprint Scrambling

• Successive Events 

• DShield Storm Center

• Port Scanning

Application Intelligence 

• Mail 

• FTP

• Microsoft Networks 

• Peer-to-Peer 

• Instant Messaging

• DNS

• VoIP

• SNMP 

Web Intelligence 

• Web Intelligence Protections 

• Web Intelligence License Enforcement 

SmartDefense Services 

• Download Updates Tab

• Advisories Tab 

• Security Best Practices Tab

Content Inspection 

• Introduction to Integrated Antivirus and Web-Filtering Technologies

• Database Updates

• Antivirus-Scan Settings 

• Web Filtering

Lab 11: Configuring SmartDefense 

Lab 12: Configuring Web-Filtering and Antivirus Settings

Review
      

Chapter 1 SmartUpdate 

Introduction to SmartUpdate

• SmartUpdate Architecture 

Upgrading Packages

• Prerequisites for Remote Upgrades

• Retrieving Data From VPN-1 Gateways 

• Adding New Packages to the Package Repository 

• Verifying the Viability of a Distribution 

• Transferring Files to Remote Devices 

• Upgrading Edge Firmware with SmartUpdate 

• Rebooting the VPN-1 Gateway

• Recovering From a Failed Upgrade

• Deleting Packages From the Package Repository

• Managing Licenses.

• License Upgrade 

• Retrieving License Data From VPN-1 Gateways 

• CPInfo 

• SmartUpdate Command Line 

Lab 1: Updating an Installation with SmartUpdate

Review
   

Chapter 2 Upgrading VPN-1

Preinstallation Configuration
  

Distributed Installation
   

Upgrading to VPN-1 NGX R65
   

• Upgrade Guidelines

• Upgrade Order 

• Upgrade Export/Import

• Upgrading via SmartUpdate

VPN-1 Backward Compatibility

• Supported Versions

Licensing VPN-1

• Obtaining Licenses

• Supported Upgrade Paths

• Contract Verification

• Performing License Upgrade

• Pre-Upgrade Considerations 

• Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool

• Web Intelligence License Enforcement

Upgrading on SecurePlatform

Upgrading SmartCenter Server

• Using the Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool

Gateway Upgrade

• Gateway Upgrade with SmartUpdate 

Review
   

Chapter 3 Encryption and VPNs

Securing Communication

• Privacy

• Symmetric Encryption 

• Symmetric Disadvantages

• Asymmetric Encryption

• Diffie-Hellman

• Integrity 

• Authentication

• Two Phases of Encryption

• Encryption Algorithms

IKE

• ISAKMP

• Oakley

• ISAKMP/Oakley 

• Phase 1 Phase 2

• IKE Example 

• Tunneling-Mode Encryption

Certificate Authorities

• Certificates

• Multiple Certificate Authorities

• Certificate Authority Hierarchy

• Local Certificate Authority 

• CA Service via the Internet

• Internal Certificate Authority

• CA Public Keys

• Creating Certificates

Review
   

Chapter 4 Introduction to VPNs 

The Check Point VPN

• How a VPN Works

• Specifying Encryption

VPN Deployments

• Site-to-Site VPNs

• Remote-Access VPNs

VPN Implementation

• Three Critical VPN Components

• VPN Setup 

• How a VPN Works

• VPN Communities

• VPN Topologies

• Choosing a Topology 

• Authentication Between Community Members

• Dynamically Assigned IP Gateways 

• Routing Traffic Within a VPN Community

• Access Control and VPN Communities

• Excluded Services 

• Special Considerations for Planning a VPN Topology 

• Authorizing Control Connections in VPN Communities 

• Integrating VPNs into a Rule Base

Review
    

Chapter 5 Site-to-Site VPNs

Site-to-Site VPN

• Domain-Based VPN 

• Route-Based VPN 

• VPN Routing Process for VTIs

• Routing Multicast Packets Through VPN Tunnels 

• VPN Tunnel Management

• Permanent Tunnels 

• VPN Tunnel Sharing

• Wire Mode 

• Wire Mode in a MEP Configuration 

• Wire Mode with Route-Based VPN

• Wire Mode Between Two VPN Communities

• Directional VPN Enforcement 

• Directional Enforcement Between Communities 

Multiple Entry Point VPNs 

• VPN High Availability with MEP

Traditional Mode VPNs
  

Lab 2: Two-Gateway IKE Encryption (Shared Secret)

Lab 3: Two-Gateway IKE Encryption (Certificates)

 
Review
   

Chapter 6 Remote Access VPNs

Remote Access VPN 

• Extending SecuRemote with SecureClient

• Connect Mode

• Establishing Remote Access — Workflow 

• Office Mode

• How Office Mode Works

• Office Mode Planning 

• IP Pool vs. DHCP

• Routing-Table Modifications

• Multiple External Interfaces

• Before Configuring Office Mode

• Desktop Security Policy

• Policy Expiration and Renewal

• Policy Server HA

• Wireless Hotspot/Hotel Registration

• Logging 

• SecureClient Mobile

VPN Routing — Remote Access 

• Hub Mode

SSL Network Extender

• How SSL Network Extender Works

• Prerequisites

• Clientless VPN 

• Special Considerations for Clientless VPN

• Configuring Clientless VPN

• Creating Appropriate Rules in the Rule Base

Lab 4: Configuring Remote Access in an IKE VPN

Lab 5: Using SecuRemote in an IKE VPN

Lab 6: Remote Access and Office Mode

Lab 7: SSL Network Extender
   

Review
   

Chapter 7 High Availability and ClusterXL 

Management High Availability

• Management High Availability Environment 

• Synchronization Status 

ClusterXL 

• Load Sharing

• ClusterXL Modes 

• Legacy High Availability Mode 

• New High Availability Mode

• Load Sharing Multicast Mode

• Load Sharing Unicast (Pivot) Mode 

• Cluster Control Protocol 

• Synchronizing Clusters 

• The Synchronization Network

• How State Synchronization Works

• Synchronized-Cluster Restrictions 

• Sticky Connections

• The Sticky Decision Function 

CPHA Commands 

• cphastart

• cphastop

• cphaprob

• cphaprob Example

• fw hastat

Debugging ClusterXL Issues

• fw ctl pstat Sync Output

• ClusterXL Configuration Issues

Modes of ClusterXL Supporting SecureXL

• Crossover-Cable Support

Lab 8: Deploying New Mode HA

Lab 9: Load Sharing Unicast (Pivot) Mode

Lab 10: Configuring Load Sharing Multicast Mode (Optional)
   

Review