# SNX-VPN: reconstructing Check Point browser login for SNX

> SNX-VPN reconstructs the browser login stage of Check Point SSL VPN as a Python command-line client while using the vendor's snx binary to establish the tunnel. Its notes describe password encryption, cookies, the undocumented -Z option and the binary connection exchange on local TCP port 7776.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/schlatterbeck/snxvpn>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/schlatterbeck/snxvpn/blob/ec23653caf51bf5db467489d91843cd6721ab115/README.rst>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snxvpn-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snxvpn-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/snxvpn-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Linux and a Check Point snx binary are required.
- **Limits:** The author reports operation with username, password and SMS one-time-password authentication; other login methods may need changes.
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/schlatterbeck/snxvpn/blob/ec23653caf51bf5db467489d91843cd6721ab115/README.rst>

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