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Best Book Firewall Performance and Optimization

UPDATE: The book is no longer offered by indeni. Please go to www.maxpowerfirewalls.com to purchase the book. Below is the original blog post as it appeared. You may also want to take a look at what indeni does for Check Point firewalls.


Our goal at indeni, since inception, was to share as much knowledge as we can with users around the world. Today we’re excited to announce that Timothy C. Hall’s most recent book, “Max Power: Check Point Firewall Performance Optimization”, is now being made available for free to certain Check Point users, at our cost!

Note: this offer is valid through Nov 15th, 2015 only.

The book, published last April, will help you get the maximum performance from your Check Point Firewall! This book takes you through discovery, analysis, and remediation of common performance issues on Check Point firewalls.

You will learn about:

– Frequent OSI Layer 1-3 Network Issues and How to Fix Them
– The Dreaded RX “Dark Triad” Network Counters
– How to Troubleshoot Intermittent Performance Issues
– CoreXL Tuning & Recommendations
– IPS Performance Tuning
– SecureXL Throughput Acceleration Tuning
– SecureXL Session Rate Acceleration Tuning
– Multi-Queue & Hyperspect
– Manual Affinities

Includes a task-based index that lists all CLI commands utilized throughout the text. This book has everything you need to get the most out of your Check Point firewall.

“If you run a Check Point firewall that’s been installed in the last five years; BUY THIS BOOK!!!” – Lloyd B. (Review on Amazon)

“A treasure trove for Checkpoint admins everywhere.” – David Baldwin (Review on Amazon)

indeni is offering this book for free to all Check Point firewall admins. To receive your copy, please fill in the details below. One of our super-friendly representatives will reach out for more details. Note that at the present time the book is offered by indeni to residents of the US and Canada only.

NOTE: This offer is extended to current Check Point firewall admins and their managers, only.

Interested in learning more? Download for free the official indeni guide to Preemptive Maintenance of Check Point Firewalls here.

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