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Check Point – Acronyms

FWM    Firewall Management e.g. the SmartCenter ICA     Internal CA, normally SmartCenter SIC     Secure Internal Communication SCS    Smart Centre Server VTI     Virtual Tunnel Interface (VPNs) MDG    Multi Domain GUI (Provider-1) MDS    Multi Domain Server, Manager or Container (Provider-1) CMA    Customer Management Add-on (Provider-1) – “Smart Center Server” MLM    Multi Customer Log Module (Provider-1) CLM     Customer Log … Read more

UNIX – TCP/IP Stack Modifications

Solaris Prevent DoS /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 1024/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 2048/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_time_wait_interval 60000/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast 0/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forward_directed_broadcasts 0 Disable redirects /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_ignore_redirect 1/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_send_redirects 0 Disable Source routing /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forward_src_routed 0 Linux Kernal 2.2 Prevent DoS /sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog=1280/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.vs.timeout_timewait=60/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1 … Read more

Check Point – QoS

DiffServ (Differentiated Services)A layer 3 protocol, defined by the IEFT. Used for adding QoS to IP networks. WFRED(Weighted Flow Random Early Drop)A process for managing packet buffers, by dropping packets during periods of network congestion.This is transparent to the user and requires no configuration. IQ (Intelligent Queuing Engine)Using information from the Check Point INSPECT engine … Read more

Check Point Commands

Check Point commands generally come under cp (general), fw (firewall), and fwm (management).    Check Point Gaia commands can be found here. CP, FW & FWM cphaprob stat List cluster status cphaprob -a if List status of interfaces cphaprob syncstat shows the sync status cphaprob list Shows a status in list form cphastart/stop Stops clustering … Read more

Check Point – Ports

General tcp/257    FireWall-1 log transfertcp/18208  CPRID (SmartUpdate)tcp/18190  SmartDashboard to SCStcp/18191  SCS to FW-1 gateway for policy installtcp/18192  SCS monitoring of firewalls (SmartView Status) SIC Ports tcp/18209   NGX Gateways <> ICAs (status, issue, or revoke).tcp/18210   Pulls Certificates from an ICA.tcp/18211   Used by the cpd daemon (on the gateway) to receive Certificates. Authentication tcp/259      Client Authentication (Telnet)tcp/900      … Read more

UNIX – IP Forwarding

IP forwarding is the process of forwarding packets from one network to another. Below shows the necessary steps to enable/disable IP forwarding. Solaris Enable IP Forwarding ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 1 Disable IP forwarding ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 0 Check the status ndd -get /dev/ip ip_forwarding Linux Kernel If the output is 1 IP forwarding … Read more

UNIX – Process State Codes

O – On processor — the process is executing on the CPU in either user or system mode. R – Runnable — the process is on a run queue and is running or runnable. S – Sleeping — the process is waiting for a I/O event to complete. Z – zombie — process, terminated but … Read more

The Ultimate Linux Command Reference Guide

 The Ultimate Linux Command Reference Guide Note: This was produced with Ubuntu. Tip: Theres quite a few in this list so I suggest that if your looking for something spefic use the search function (ctrl+F)…. a2p               – Awk to Perl translatoraconnect          – ALSA sequencer connection manageracpi              – Shows battery status informationacpi_listen       – ACPI event listeneraddr2line         … Read more

Solaris – Configuring an Interface

In this example we will configure interface qfe1 with the an IP of 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 and set the speed to 100 full duplex. Bring up the Interface To bring up and plumb the interface, we first need to type the following, (change the IP to yours) ifconfig qfe1 plumbifconfig qfe1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up Update … Read more

PIX Commands

Heres a few PIX commands that may come in useful.  Performance / Usage sh mem Shows memory used and amount free sh cpu                                                           Shows % of CPU used sh perfmon Show the performance of various connections sh traffic Show the traffic stats sh resource usage system Shows the system utilization sh service-policy Shows the amount … Read more