NG and Provider-1 are very differnet.. P1 is a mgmt for large/diverce
installs of fw1. NG is the most recent release of fw1.
here is the CP link on P1
http://www.checkpoint.com/products/management/provider-1.html
and here is the latest info for NG
http://www.checkpoint.com/products/fp1/index.html

Roman Serbski wrote:

> Hi list
>
> Sorry for stupid question I think I'm lost with terminology :-)
> Is there any difference between Checkpoint NG (Next Generation) and
> Provider-1?
> NG seems to be next step after FW1 4.1, right? What is Provider-1 in
> this case?
> Our company uses Checkpoint FW-1 4.1. Since Checkpoint stopped with
> providing support for everything prior to 4.1 (BTW what about supporting
> 4.1? Still valid for some period of time? :-) our top management
> suggested to upgrade to NG. So, Provider-1 is the latest version?, or?
> ... :-)
>
> Second question: Is there any way to upgrade to NG from FW-1 4.1, or
> everything should be installed from scratch?
>
> Looking forward to hear from you.
>
> Regards,
> Roman
>
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