Como verificar tabela de conexões dos Firewalls

Uma forma de verificar se os Firewalls em um Cluster estão sincronizados, é utilizar o comando:

[Expert@fwm]# fw tab -t connections -s

Geralmente abrimos duas conexões SSH nos Firewalls e executamos o comando individualmente.

Um jeito mais prático é executar o comando pela Manager direcionado aos dois Firewalls.

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How To Convert Hex to Decimals Using Bash

When you're troubleshooting Check Point kernel tables (by using 'fw tab') sometimes the -f parameter is not available to format the output, usually from hex to decimal format. Which makes your life very difficult if you're already addicted to the -f flag.

So if you're not familiar or willing to convert in your head hex to decimal. Or you don't want to open the Windows calculator in the Programmer's view or even don't have that available, bash can help you out. You can easily convert from hex to decimal and the other way aroung using the printf command. See below:

How To Temporarily Disable Gaia's Bash Time Out

For Check Point system administrators used to SecurePlatform way to disable bash time out, Gaia sometimes can be tricky. Just because the 'idle' command simply does not exist in Gaia's bash.

To temporarily disable the bash's time-out in Gaia you basically unset the environment variable responsible for this function using the command 'unset' (see image below).

Como calcular IP no Check Point

Uma ferramenta muito útil que funciona em Checkpoint para calcular um IP, caso não queira ficar calculando de cabeça.

Funciona em Splat e GAIA.