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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. [1] VPN-1 (Power/UTM) Gateway is now called simply Check Point Security Gateway. See also the names change in the release notes. [2] 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:

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; XOS	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; XOS	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; 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;	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)

References

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)