According to Checkpoint, when upgrading from let say HFA_17 to HFA_18 in NG
AI R55: ALL changes made to the INSPECT files (aka, *.def files) will be
overwritten
Well, that is NOT entirely true. I ran a few tests on my provider-1 systems
and I made a few changes in the user.def file
] Checkpoint has done it again. What a suprise
According to Checkpoint, when upgrading from let say HFA_17 to HFA_18 in
NG
AI R55: ALL changes made to the INSPECT files (aka, *.def files)
will be overwritten
Well, that is NOT entirely true. I ran a few tests on my provider-1
systems
and I made
To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST@AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT.COM
Subject: Re: [FW-1] Checkpoint has done it again. What a suprise
I can confirm, but I can't tell you which .def files are changed, I
think this may vary depending on whether or not the hfa contains changes
to that particular .def file. Yes CP does
Greetings,
The quoted text really is great information so pay attention to it.
Quote
Hope that clears things up a bit. Best practice is:
- Document any and all manual changes to CheckPoint files, such as .def
files, .h files, .C files.
- When applying a new HFA to a management station or
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Subject: Re: [FW-1] Checkpoint has done it again. What a suprise
I can confirm, but I can't tell you which .def files are changed, I
think this may vary depending on whether or not the hfa contains changes
to that particular .def file. Yes CP does leave you
25, 2006 9:53 AM
To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST@AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT.COM
Subject: Re: [FW-1] Checkpoint has done it again. What a suprise
I can confirm, but I can't tell you which .def files are changed, I
think this may vary depending on whether or not the hfa contains changes
to that particular .def file
You said:
At best, I would say that the documentation for .def files are lacking as to
whether or not they will be overwritten. It turns out that keeping that
information up to date would be quite the undertaking. Read the release
notes for an HFA and follow the best practices and you'll be
