two separate versions

[ehuntley]

I am taking over a new project for a company we are consulting for. They are running Checkpoint 4.2 on Free BSD. My only experience is with Checkpoint on Solaris, plus I have all the software to build a Solaris box. They are adding a new Internet connection in another part of the state but do have Point to Point T1's between sites. We need to add a firewall onto that connection. We are going to use their existing rules base and make modifications for the new gateway. Is it possible to run the BSD and Solaris boxes off of the same rules base?

Thanks in advance

 

[Piloria]

My understanding is that the underlying deployment is irrelevent to the GUI. It treats them as the same regardless of OS.
One Gui should be able to control both machines using the same rulebase.
complications being
1. getting your first rulebase deployed to remote system (put in basic rulebase that allows FW-1 Management through to GUI IP address)
2. running different versions or service packs of FW-1 on each machine. (to avoid complications install both to the same SP level and the GUI too) or makesure you install with backward compatability on the GUI.