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Application Control and URL Filtering in a unified policy

Turn the Network layer into a unified policy: enable Application Control and URL Filtering on it, create custom Application/Site objects and an application group, block one site with a UserCheck message while approved sites stay open, and read the application fields in the logs.

Run this lab

It needs Standard: its 6 nodes are set to 10 vCPU and 15,872 MB in total.

In your workspace: Shared, then Check Point CCSA guided labs, then 08 - Application Control and URL Filtering in a unified policy

Run it on Standard from £5 a day

The free demo can’t run it: it has 6 vCPU and 8 GB, and this lab’s nodes need 10 vCPU and 15,872 MB together. Every lab plan includes every guided lab.

Level
Intermediate
Time
About 75 minutes
Nodes need
10 vCPU, 15,872 MB
Smallest plan
Standard

The scenario

Instead of a separate layer (lab 5), Northgate's firewall team now wants one unified rule base: network rules and application rules in the same Network layer. The acceptable-use policy says:

  1. The betting site 198.51.100.10 is blocked for everyone, with a message explaining why.
  2. The supplier portal 198.51.100.20 is approved and must always work, and its use is logged.
  3. Everything else follows the existing rules.

What you’ll practise

  • Enable Application Control and URL Filtering on the gateway and on the Network layer
  • Create custom Application/Site objects, including one defined by a regular expression, and an application group
  • Use the Block, Accept and Inform actions and explain UserCheck
  • Explain URL categories and what needs the Check Point cloud
  • Read Application Control logs

The tasks

  1. Prepare
  2. Custom objects
  3. The rules
  4. Test
  5. Logs and the user's view

The Lab Tasks pane has the scenario, these tasks, the checks to run, hints and the full solution.

Topology and devices

The network as it opens in EVE-NG, drawn from the lab’s own canvas, and the image each node runs.

Topology of Application Control and URL Filtering in a unified policy6 nodes and 2 networks, 7 links. Every link is listed as text below the diagram.SMSHQ-GWISPHQ-PCDMZ-WEBADMIN-PCHQ-LANInternetGi0/0eth0eth0eth1eth0eth0eth2eth0
6 nodes and 2 networks, with the interface names each link uses. On a narrow screen, scroll the diagram sideways.
Every link, as text
  • SMS eth0 to HQ-LAN (network)
  • HQ-GW eth0 to HQ-LAN (network)
  • HQ-GW eth1 to Internet (network)
  • HQ-PC eth0 to HQ-LAN (network)
  • ADMIN-PC eth0 to HQ-LAN (network)
  • ISP Gi0/0 to Internet (network)
  • HQ-GW eth2 to DMZ-WEB eth0
Nodes in Application Control and URL Filtering in a unified policy, with the image each runs and the vCPU and RAM it’s set to
NodeDeviceImage in Add NodeSet to
SMSCheck Point Security Management Servercpsms-R81.20-Licensed4 vCPU, 8,192 MB
HQ-GWCheck Point Security Gateway VE (cpsg template)cpsg-R81.20-Licensed2 vCPU, 4,096 MB
ISPCisco IOSvvios-adventerprisek9-m.SPA.159-3.M61 vCPU, 512 MB
HQ-PCAlpine Linuxclbalpinebase-alpine-base-3-20-31 vCPU, 512 MB
DMZ-WEBAlpine Linuxclbalpinebase-alpine-base-3-20-31 vCPU, 512 MB
ADMIN-PCEVE-NG Firefox browser (Docker)eve-firefox:latest1 vCPU, 2,048 MB

How to open this lab

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder Check Point CCSA guided labs.

  3. Open 08 - Application Control and URL Filtering in a unified policy and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the scenario and the steps.

The lab is read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change it, rebuild it in your own folder.

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