Policy installed more than 90 days ago
At a glance
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Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
Changes published since then are not enforced, and a policy nobody installs for months is often one where published and enforced have drifted apart.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- In SmartConsole, review the changes published since the last install (Changes view), then Install Policy on the gateway.
Command line
Check Point mgmt_cli and Gaia clish
mgmt_cli login > id.txtmgmt_cli install-policy policy-package "<policy-package>" access true targets.1 "<gateway>" -s id.txtmgmt_cli publish -s id.txtmgmt_cli logout -s id.txt
An example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. Nothing here installs a policy. Publish, review, then install the policy on your gateways yourself; Gaia changes need save config.
Read it back
mgmt_cli show gateways-and-servers details-level "full"Values to fill in2
- <policy-package>
- The policy package installed on the gateway
- <gateway>
- The gateway or cluster object to change
Before you type it3
- Written from the Check Point Management API reference and Gaia clish syntax, not yet run on a device. Read each line before typing it.
- Run on the management server, or add -m with the server and -u with an administrator to each call; publish makes the change visible to other sessions.
- Review the changes published since the last install before installing.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm the gateway shows the new install date in the Gateways & Servers view.
Limits
- No limitation is recorded for this control beyond the one that applies to all of them: it reads a configuration export.
Compliance references
No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.
More in System and Metadata
- CKP-MGT-015Global assignment out of date
- CKP-MGT-010Software or appliance past the vendor's end of support
- CKP-MGT-011Version listed as affected by a Check Point advisory
- CKP-MGT-014License or service contract expired
- CKP-MGT-019Gaia login banner missing
- CKP-MGT-020Gaia message of the day missing
- CKP-MGT-009Gaia time is not synchronized to two NTP servers
- CKP-MGT-034Gaia has no DNS server
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