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)


 * 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)

i agree to remove the redirect, reading it i felt like that checkpoint's firewall was the only "NG" firewall. beside, its not really next generation anyway, statefull and lvl7 filtering have been around for YEARS ^^

Article itself looks like presale pamphlet (I actually came here for successful penetration story, when group of hackers thanked firewall (old story, before renaming) developers) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.78.141.137 (talk) 16:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Tagged with Template:COI. Not quite an advert, but the tone used in the article really points at COI editing. Problems include:


 * Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information
 * Some red wikilinks, suggesting low notability facts
 * Comparing the article subject against "competitors" and how it's different, while some statements are really low encyclopedic value
 * Holy moly those primary sources (WP:REFBOMB). Press releases and one source.

80.221.159.67 (talk) 04:41, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Rename to VPN-1
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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

Definition of NG and NGX
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)

I've learned that NG is "Next Generation", NG AI is "Next Generation with Application Intelligence. Not yet sure what NGX is.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.112.27 (talk) 20:20, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

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Version history
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:

Hagennos (talk) 03:16, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Notability
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. Seazzy (talk) 17:23, 5 January 2018 (UTC)