Checkpoint UTM-1 edge VPN boxes worldwide did an unscheduled reboot

Checkpoint UTM-1 edge VPN boxes worldwide did an unscheduled reboot
We have received reports that Checkpoint UTM-1 devices performed an unscheduled reboot. The initial reports we got indicate that the device rebooted at 10pm EDT on Oct. 30th, which happens to be midnight GMT. There are several posts on Checkpoint support forums verifying this issue [1][2]. Checkpoint confirmed this problem [3] . According to Checkpoint, the reboot happened because of a timer that will roll over every 13.6 years. This may be a 32 bit timer counting 1/10 seconds. 429 million seconds works out to just about 13.6 years. [1] http://www.cpug.org/forums/check-point-utm-1-edge-appliances/14606-all-edge-firewalls-rebooted-10-30-2010-8-58-p-m.html [2] http://jackofallit.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/checkpointsofaware-flashforward/ [3] http://isc.sans.edu/tag.html?tag=Checkpoint%20UTM1%20unscheduled%20reboot -- Manuel Humberto Santander Peláez \| http://twitter.com/manuelsantander \| http://manuel.santander.name \| msantand at isc dot sans dot org	Manuel Humberto Santander Pelaacuteez 195 Posts ISC Handler Nov 1st 2010
Thread locked Subscribe	Nov 1st 2010 1 decade ago
Not to nitpick, but 10pm EDT = 2am GMT.	Anonymous
Quote	Nov 2nd 2010 1 decade ago
there used to be a link to checkpoint's forums, but it's been since replaced with a url that links to this article on sans...	Anonymous
Quote	Nov 3rd 2010 1 decade ago
there used to be a link to checkpoint's forums, but it's been since replaced with a url that links to this article on sans...	Anonymous
Quote	Nov 3rd 2010 1 decade ago