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Revision History

Date	Description
01 May 2024	Updated Creating an Access Control Policy
13 March 2024	Updated Managing Administrator Accounts
15 January 2024	Updated Configuring the NAT Policy
06 September 2023	Added the Compliance chapter
05 September 2023	Updated The Columns of the Access Control Rule Base
22 August 2023	Updated Working with Policy Packages
10 August 2023	Updated Account Units
08 August 2023	Updated Central Deployment of Hotfixes
22 June 2023	Added Implied Rules
14 June 2023	Updated UserCheck in the Access Control Policy
02 May 2023	Updated Central Deployment of Hotfixes
07 April 2023	Updated Managing Administrator and User Accounts
02 April 2023	Updated Creating Application Control and URL Filtering Rules
05 March 2023	Updated Location of 'user.def' Files on the Management Server
14 February 2023	Updated cp_log_export
17 January 2023	Updated: Configuring Implied Rules or Kernel Tables for Security Gateways - corrected paths for R80.30, R80.20, and R80.10 versions
19 December 2022	Updated: Configuring a Secondary Security Management Server in SmartConsole
04 December 2022	Updated: Configuring Implied Rules or Kernel Tables for Security Gateways - added paths for R75.4x, R75.30, and R75.20 versions
17 November 2022	Updated: Configuring the NAT Policy Working with Automatic NAT Rules Working with Manual NAT Rules Working with NAT46 Rules Working with NAT64 Rules Advanced NAT Settings
17 October 2022	Updated: cp_log_export
24 July 2022	Removed: "Configuring a SIC Secure Internal Communication. The Check Point proprietary mechanism with which Check Point computers that run Check Point software authenticate each other over SSL, for secure communication. This authentication is based on the certificates issued by the ICA on a Check Point Management Server. Proxy" - supported only for internal Check Point needs
15 June 2022	In the HTML version, added glossary terms in the text
28 December 2021	Updated: High Availability Troubleshooting.
23 December 2021	Updated: Values for IKE certificate validity period in CA Procedures Network Security for IoT Devices
27 November 2021	Updated: Configuring a Security Gateway to Access the Management Server or Log Server at its NATed IP Address
09 November 2021	Updated: Creating a New Security Gateway
28 October 2021	Added a note in: Network Security for IoT Devices
07 October 2021	Updated: Creating a New Security Gateway
07 October 2021	Updated: Database Revisions SmartTasks
8 September 2021	Updated: Viewing Licenses in SmartConsole
13 August 2021	Updated: Secure Internal Communication (SIC) Creating Application Control and URL Filtering Rules Best Practices for Access Control Rules Database Revisions
26 June 2021	Updated formatting
09 May 2021	Added: Configuring Implied Rules or Kernel Tables for Security Gateways
27 April 2021	Updated: Network Security for IoT Devices
17 April 2021	Updated: migrate migrate_server
09 February 2021	Added: Configuring a Security Gateway to Access the Management Server or Log Server at its NATed IP Address Updated: The Columns of the Access Control Rule Base Creating Application Control and URL Filtering Rules Database Revisions
03 May 2020	Updated: Central Deployment of Hotfixes and Database Revisions
27 January 2020	First release of this document