Checkpoint firewall admins?

[Dooling37]

Hello all:

I am in somewhat dire straits here with a paper I am working on, and was wondering if there are any Checkpoint firewall admins (past or present) in here that could answer a few quick questions to help me out...?

Long shot maybe, but worth a try...

Thanks all!

 

[Genx87]

Not an Admin but our outside people use it all the time.

 

[Santa]

Ask your question and we will try our best to answer them..

 

[spidey07]

ask away...

Also check here.

http://www.phoneboy.com

 

[Dooling37]

Hey, thanks for the replies and the website...I have actually checked out phoneboy before.

I am actually looking mainly for a few screenshots of the CheckPoint VPN-1 interface, mainly the rulebase itself. The reason being that I am conducting a fictional audit of such a firewall, while it is supposed to actually be real. Long story, but I was not able to find any organization with a robust production firewall that would allow me to scan, probe, review the rulebase, interview administrators, etc. to do this project, so I am stuck making everything up. I have been able to come up with a lot of factual information from google and whatnot, but we are supposed to include screenshots as well. None of the ones I've come up with through searches are suitable. If anyone could offer any (strange request, I know...), they would, of course be "sanitized" for the paper (no IPs, hostnames, etc.)....

A second, less important question has to do with firewall account password settings: are there minimum complexity requirements in place by default for the administrative account (e.g., min. length, alpha-num, forced periodic change, etc.)? If not, are these settings (presumably) possible to manually enter in the firewall configuration?

Any input would be greatly appreciated! I am going to try to check out relevant books at B&N tomorrow also, but information from people with hands-on experience would be especially valuable, since no one will let me near theirs in production! ; )