Information about Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1

The latest version is R71, published in May 2010. New Software Blades for DLP and SmartEvent have been published with it. It's based on the latest major release, published in March 2009: R70. This version introduced Software Blades, making the licensing very modular. Because this is a new major release, a new license is needed to get access to all new features. Please contact your reseller to obtain it.
Please be aware that Check Point has changed the licensing for RAS - today, you need an Endpoint Security Container with Service Blades for the use of e.g. VPN, Full Disk Encryption or Endpoint Security Secure Access. 
Basically R70 will work with the license for NGX R65, but Check Point has announced that the new licensing scheme will be strictly enforced soon. 
Please be aware that Check Point currently runs a promo to upgrade to the same functionality for FREE. When having administrative access to your Account in the Check Point UserCenter and having all products in a service contract with Check Point, you can do the upgrade via the UserCenter. It problems or questions occur, please contact your reseller. 

NGX R65 is available since February 2007, being supported until end of March 2011. It has introduced a new management architecture, so plug ins can be added, if needed (e.g. central management of Check Point Connectra or VSX NGX R65). Optional URL and anti-virus Filtering are available, too.

Other versions (NGX R62, NGX R61, and NGX R60) were officially supported until May 2009 only. If you cannot upgrade, please contact your reseller to obtain (restricted) support. A quarterly fee per system is due.

R71:
In July 2010, the first HFA has been published for R71. When using the SSL VPN Software Blade, please use version R71.10 only, since there is a security problem when using SSL VPN in R71 without patch. 

R70:
The latest version of R70 is R70.30. Some important improvements as well as more features (to be licensed) can be found in Version R70.20. It's available for all users of R70. At least this version should be used in productive environments. As usual, please regard that SmartConsole needs to be the same version as the one of the Security Management.

NGX R65:
When using the latest version, you should use HFA_70 for NGX R65. Also this HFA delivers many improvements. Since December 2007 SmartConsole NGX R65 HFA_01 is available for Microsoft Windows. 

Older versions are no more fully supported.