The statement is absolutely false. I have been using FW-1 since 4.0 and I
can say that all all Check Point licenses are bound only to the IP address
and nothing else. You can use the same license on Windows, Nokia, Solaris,
Linux, SPLAT, Intel or SPARC as long as the IP address the license was
created for can be found on the system.
On 7/27/05, Emily Conrad <emilydconrad AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
>
> Can anyone confirm/deny the issue below, about the non-portability of FW-1
> licenses on a appliance.
>
>
>
> >From: Thomas Gronke <tgronke AT us.ibm DOT com>
> >To: emilydconrad AT hotmail DOT com
> >Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Intel vs. special purpose FW-1 servers
> >Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:59:04 -0700
> >
> >>Disadvantages of the appliance:
> 1. Non-portable license for FW-1. I haven't verified this recently, but
> in past the FW-1 license was tied to the particular Nokia appliance, so an
> upgrade to a newer Nokia appliance required purchasing a new FW-1 license.
> You don't have this problem on generic Intel platforms.
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