Talk:Check Point VPN-1

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As is, this article (and the redirect for `Next generation firewall') suggests that this particular firewall is the only `next generation firewall' out there, and is therefore better than everything else out there.  NPOV violation?  If others agree, I'd suggest either 1) adding other firewalls that have similar functionality, or 2) removing the redirect.
(The article for Stateful firewall has a link for Next Generation Firewall.)
dougmc 17:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it was an NPOV issue, but rather that the name of the CheckPoint product line at one point was "Next Generation".  At any rate, that branding name has been minmized, so I doubt anybody would search for it.  I think we could remove the redirect. --Bill.matthews 16:47, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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message: The product has been called VPN-1 for several years now, I am going to rename it and add a redirect.
Gavint0 (talk) 09:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It was called VPN-1 but its name changed again few months ago. Now it is called simply Firewall or Check Point Firewall Software Blade. Please see the web page of the product.  VPN-1 (Power/UTM) Gateway is now called simply Check Point Security Gateway. See also the names change in the release notes.  Probably articles for products which often change name should be called in a more general way like Check Point firewall for example. --pabouk (talk) 14:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair point, I guess it is now diverged slightly as the firewall software blade is in a different section of the website to their appliances. Check Point Security Gateway might be the best name? Gavint0 (talk) 16:46, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename to VPN-1 

message: Does anyone know the definition or expansion of the initials NG or NGX?  I'm assuming Network Gateway and Network Gateway eXtended.  I cannot find any information to support my assertions.  Does anyone find that information useful for the article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.112.27 (talk) 19:53, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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message: The VPN-1 version naming can be rather confusing because Check Point have changed the version numbering scheme several times through the product's history.  Initially, the product used a traditional decimal version number such as 3.0, 4.0 and 4.1 (although 4.1 was also called Check Point 2000 on the packaging).  Then the version changed to NG meaning Next Generation and minor revisions became known as Feature Packs.  Then the name changed to NG AI which meant NG with Application Intelligence, and the minor revisions became known as Rxx e.g. NG AI R54.  Most recently, the version name has changed to NGX.
The product is licensed in several variants.  In the decimal releases, the license determined what encryption strength was available for the VPN (DES or "Strong"). Since NG, the license always includes strong cryptographic capabilities and was instead split into VPN-1 Pro or VPN-1 Express. VPN-1 Express was intended for simplified deployment while VPN-1 Pro provided more configurability. In NGX R62, the branding was changed to VPN-1 Power (instead of Pro) and VPN-1 UTM (instead of Express). VPN-1 UTM includes certain content inspection features such as antivirus and more recently, web filtering.
Version 3.0 was also sold by Sun Microsystems as Solstice FireWall-1.  This was essentially the same product, but with slightly different packaging and file system layout.
The table below shows the version history.  The Platforms column shows the operating systems that are supported by the firewall product:
Version  	Release date 	Platforms                                                                                                                                                                                                                          	Notes
1.07     	April 1994   	SunOS 4.1.3, Solaris 2.3                                                                                                                                                                                                           	
2.0      	Sep 1995     	SunOS, Solaris, Solaris x86, HP-UX                                                                                                                                                                                                 	Firewall Zone-1 (later called FWZ-1) encryption scheme introduced
2.1      	Jun 1996     	SunOS, Solaris, Solaris x86, HP-UX, Windows NT 3.51                                                                                                                                                                                	
3.0      	Oct 1996     	SunOS, Solaris, Solaris x86, HP-UX, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 (VPN Client)                                                                                                                                                       	
3.0a     	             	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   	
3.0b     	Feb 1997     	Windows NT 3.5 and 4.0; Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1 and 2.6; HP-UX 10.x; AIX 4.1.5, 4.2.1                                                                                                                                                   	
4.0      	Jun 1998     	Windows NT 4.0, Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6 and 7 (32-bit); HP-UX 10.x; AIX 4.2.1 and 4.3.0                                                                                                                                            	
4.1      	2000         	Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 (32-bit); HP-UX 10.20 and 11; Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0 (2.2 kernel); IPSO 3.4.1 and 3.5; AIX 4.2.1, 4.3.2 and 4.3.3                                                                 	Also known as Check Point 2000
NG       	Jun 2001     	Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 7 (32-bit) and 8 (32 or 64-bit); Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0 (2.2 kernel)                                                                                                                           	NG stands for Next Generation
NG FP1   	Nov 2001     	Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 7 (32-bit) and 8 (32 or 64-bit); Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0 (2.2 kernel) and 7.2 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.4.2                                                                                             	
NG FP2   	Apr 2002     	Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 7 (32-bit) and 8 (32 or 64-bit); Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0 (2.2 kernel) and 7.2 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.5 and 3.6, SecurePlatform NG FP2                                                                	FWZ-1 encryption scheme removed
NG FP3   	Aug 2002     	Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 8 (32 or 64-bit) and 9 (64-bit); Red Hat Linux 7.0 (2.2 kernel), 7.2 and 7.3 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.5, 3.5.1 and 3.6, SecurePlatform NG FP3                                                         	
NG AI R54	Jun 2003     	Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 8 (32 or 64-bit) and 9 (64-bit); Red Hat Linux 7.0 (2.2 kernel), 7.2 and 7.3 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.7, SecurePlatform NG AI, AIX 5.2                                                                	The full name is NG with Application Intelligence
NG AI R55	Nov 2003     	Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8 (32 or 64-bit) and 9 (64-bit); Red Hat Linux 7.0 (2.2 kernel), 7.2 and 7.3 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.7 and 3.7.1, SecurePlatform NG AI                                                         	Version branches: NG AI R55P (for IPSO 3.8), NG AI R55W (contains web intelligence)
NG AI R57	April 2005   	SecurePlatform NG AI R57                                                                                                                                                                                                           	For product Check Point Express CI (Content Inspection), later VPN-1 UTM (Unified Threat Management)
NGX R60  	Aug 2005     	Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8 and 9 (64-bit); RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.9 and 4.0, SecurePlatform NGX                                                                                                                       	Version branches: NGX R60A
NGX R61  	Mar 2006     	Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8, 9 and 10; RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.9, 4.0 and 4.0.1, SecurePlatform NGX                                                                                                                     	
NGX R62  	Nov 2006     	Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8, 9 and 10; RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.9 and 4.1, SecurePlatform NGX                                                                                                                            	
NGX R65  	Mar 2007     	Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8, 9 and 10 (Ultra-SPARC architecture); RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 4.1 and 4.2, SecurePlatform, SecurePlatform 2.6                                                                                 	Version branches: NGX R65 with Messaging Security (Dec 2007), R65.4 (Feb 2009)
R70      	Feb 2009     	Windows 2003 and 2008; IPSO 6.0.7 and 6.2; SecurePlatform; XOSXOS was supported in older releases already but was not mentioned in release notes. Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux is supported for the management server only.	Minor versions: R70.1, R70.20 (2009), R70.30 (March 2010), R70.40 (Dec 2010), R70.50 (Oct 2011)
R71      	April 2010   	Windows 2003 and 2008; IPSO 6.2; SecurePlatform; XOSSolaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux is supported for the management server only.                                                                                              	Minor versions: R71.10, R71.20, R71.30, R71.40
R75      	January 2011 	Windows 2003 and 2008; IPSO 6.2; SecurePlatform; Crossbeam XOS 9.5 or later;Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows XP/7 is supported for the management server only. Gaia (since R75.40)                                    	Installation files were publicly available in December 2010.
Minor versions: R75.10 (May 2011), R75.20 (Sep 2011), R75.30 (Jan 2012), R75.40 (April 2012), R75.46 (Feb 2013), R75.47 (Jul 2013)
R76      	May 2013     	Windows 2003 and 2008; IPSO 6.2 MR4; SecurePlatform; Gaia;  Windows 2008 R2, Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows XP/7 is supported for the management server only.                                                       	As of R76 Check Point prefers GAIA as Operating System. R76 also introduces full support for IPv6.
R77      	Aug 2013     	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   	Minor versions: R77.10, R77.20, R77.30 (May 2015)
R80      	Mars 2016    	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   	Minor Version: R80.10 (17th May 2017), R80.20 (26th Sept 2018), R80.30 (7th May 2019), R80.40 (28th Jan 2020)
R81      	22nd Oct 2020	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   	Minor Version: R81.10 (6th July 2021)
Hagennos (talk) 03:16, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version history 

message: Currently, the only two references are to the corporate website. This indicates a serious notability problem. I'm posting a banner, hopefully this can be resolved.
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thread_title:  Notability