[cciesec2006]

I used to work for a Security Service Provider, MSSP, and we run
our Provider-1 on Solaris 9 platforms, and that it was a pain in the
ass to manage this beast. Sun comes out with patches and when
you applied patches to the servers, it breaks Provider-1. What
you end up with is blame game between checkpoint and Sun.
It is not worth the trouble to run P-1 on Solaris in my opinion.
You will be better off with Provider-1 on Secureplatform, especially
for training. You practically can install Provider-1 on Vmware or
on a personal laptop and it will work just fine.

However, if you decide to be to run Provider-1 on solaris, just
be aware that when you run mds_setup, it may fail because
some of the sun patches are not compatible with Checkpoint
software. I've run into countless issues with this when installing
NG Feature Pack 3 and NG AI R55 on solaris 9 because of stupid
solaris 9 patches.

Have fun.