TABLE OF CONTENTS SmartPortal is one of Check Point s newest additions to the SmartCenter server product family. This feature allows a user to browse the security policies and logs of a SmartCenter server using the Internet Explorer Web browser, without needing a full-blown SmartClient software installation. This chapter covers the installation and usage of the SmartPortal interface, which is the interface used to configure your NGX installation: the SmartDashboard.
Once we are done with the tour, new users of Check Point should know where to return in order to configure more advanced features of NGX; those familiar with Check Point NG will see where things have changed and what new features they can use to make management of their systems easier. We will then run through setting up a simple security policy and applying it to your NGX firewall gateway. The new SmartPortal management interface will be visited; we will look at how to install it and how it will help administrate your organization s Check Point systems.
Check Point provides for three Integrity-NGX configurations through SmartCenter and two Integrity-NGX configurations by means of Provider-1.
Integrity Only This configuration is intended for users who do not want to connect Integrity to SmartCenter and wish to deploy the Integrity product alone.
Integrity and Smart Center on one host This configuration is designed to provide the advantage of allowing both SmartCenter and Integrity to run on the same host. This configuration is aimed...
