This is the code repository for Check Point Firewall Administration R81.10+, published by Packt.

A practical guide to Check Point firewall deployment and administration

Check Point firewalls are the premiere firewalls, access control, and threat prevention appliances for physical and virtual infrastructures. With Check Point’s superior security, administrators can help maintain confidentiality, integrity, and the availability of their resources protected by firewalls and threat prevention devices. This hands-on guide covers everything you need to be fluent in using Check Point firewalls for your operations.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• Understand various Check Point implementation scenarios in different infrastructure topologies
• Perform initial installation and configuration tasks using Web UI and the CLI
• Create objects of different categories and types
• Configure different NAT options
• Work with access control policies and rules
• Use identity awareness to create highly granular rules
• Operate high-availability clusters

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All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

The code will look like the following:

add host name host _ test1 ip-address 10.0.0.111
add host name host _ test2 ip-address 10.0.0.112
add host name host _ test3 ip-address 10.0.0.113

Following is what you need for this book: If you are an application developer or a system administrator interested in understanding continuous integration, continuous delivery, and containerization with DevOps tools and techniques, this book is for you. Knowledge of DevOps fundamentals and Git principles is required.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-15).

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

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Vladimir Yakovlev, CISSP is an infrastructure and security solutions architect and CTO at Higher Intelligence LLC., with over 20 years of Check Point experience. He is recognized as a champion in the ISC2 and Check Point CheckMates communities and has been awarded Member of the Year and Contributor of the Year designations by peers, while also speaking at regional and international conferences. Vladimir has previously held the roles of Sr. V.P. of Technology and CISO, responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of multiple iterations of secure and resilient infrastructures in the financial industry. He enjoys helping others in the field of cybersecurity and can often be found in the CheckMates, LinkedIn, and ISC2 communities.

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