Application Control or URL Filtering on and no layer uses it
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
The blade is licensed and running, and no rule can name an application or a category, so it enforces nothing.
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, open the access layer, choose Edit Layer > General > Blades, select Applications & URL Filtering, and add rules that use it.
- Publish, then install the policy on the gateways that use it.
Command line
Check Point mgmt_cli and Gaia clish
mgmt_cli login > id.txtmgmt_cli set access-layer name "<layer>" applications-and-url-filtering true -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 access-layer name "<layer>"Values to fill in1
- <layer>
- The access layer 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.
- Install the policy on the affected gateways after reviewing the published change.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm the layer's rules name the applications and categories the blade is meant to control.
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 Security Profiles
- CKP-SEC-023Internet-facing gateway with no Threat Prevention blade
- CKP-SEC-024Threat Prevention blade on and no Threat Prevention policy installed
- CKP-SEC-025Threat profile only detects high confidence protections
- CKP-SEC-026HTTPS inspection off with content blades on
- CKP-SEC-027Threat profile leaves protections inactive
- CKP-LIC-001Blade is enabled and no valid license backs it
- CKP-LIC-002License ends within 31 to 90 days
- CKP-LIC-003Device runs on an evaluation license
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