Wish to reopen a thread for anyone working on OPSEC with ISS Network Sensor and Checkpoint Firewall NG FP3.  Has anyone experimented enough to change the sam_server auth_port to 0 to see if clear text is allowed ?  Otherwise, for all those out there who claim that they did manage to get an NG firewall working COMPLETELY with ISS Network Sensor 6.5...even though your acclaimed source of expertise is from a document drawn upon a Checkpoint Firewall 4.1 configuration....please enlighten the user forum on what exactly the fwopsec.conf file looks like on the firewall module....as well as the contents of the fwopsec.conf file on the firewall management server...and if not too much trouble, please attach a few fw logs that show evidence of an actual FW_SAM command working....this does not mean that you see a green FW_SAM log that shows the connection taking place and that occurs pretty much every 1-2 minutes for quite some time.  What we really wish to see is this:
 
Based upon a pre-configured event where ISS sends an OPSEC over to the firewall module or the firewall management server, the fw log will show a green FW_SAM connection....based on the OPSEC specifying at least a 1 minute inhibit, reproduce the event and if OPSEC is working correctly, the fw logs should now show red rejects for this particular event or host. 
 
I am mostly curious how many people claim emphatically that they have managed to get this OPSEC functionality working on a NG firewall using the OFFICIAL document from "Agapitos Chrysochoos" that is specifically targeted toward a 4.1 Checkpoint Firewall.  More specifically, if you are not just basing the "yes it is working" upon seeing green FW_SAM connections from either the management server to the firewall module or from the ISS Network Sensor to the Firewall module...rather than showing logs evidencing subsequent "rejects" as a result of the FW_SAM command actually being issued, then please share your configuration files and findings with the user forum. 
 
Why force everyone to resort to Checkpoint or ISS user suppot when they do NOT have the answer ?  Anyone out there support this proposal ?  And for those who "claim" they have OPSEC working between a NG firewall and 6.5 Network Sensor, that they provide the contents of the fwopsec.conf files as well as logs proving that the FW_SAM commands (inhibt or inhibit and close...etc..) were actually issued ? 
 
It is my belief that far too many people are eschewing providing answers and solutions for this particular topic.  For those who state they have this working but refuse to provide any answers or proof, there is an air of skepticism about the authenticity of their claims.  If you have OPSEC working between NG and 6.5 NS....PROVE IT !!

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