https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-happens-first-firewall-or-IPS/m-p/121674#M22565 <P>In simple terms, Firewall/Access Policy is first followed by Threat Prevention.<BR />Reality is a little more complicated than that since Application Control and Content Awareness use the same underlying engines as Threat Prevention.<BR />That said, if there's no Access Policy permitting communication to/from the relevant hosts/ports, then there's no deeper inspection required <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 02:28:09 GMT PhoneBoy 2021-06-21T02:28:09Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-happens-first-firewall-or-IPS/m-p/121392#M22543 <P>What happens first, firewall or IPS?</P> Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:43:18 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-happens-first-firewall-or-IPS/m-p/121392#M22543 Jon_Crotteau 2021-06-16T20:43:18Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-happens-first-firewall-or-IPS/m-p/121407#M22545 <P>Im pretty sure its firewall, but maybe other people can confirm for you.</P> Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:39:58 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-happens-first-firewall-or-IPS/m-p/121407#M22545 the_rock 2021-06-16T23:39:58Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-happens-first-firewall-or-IPS/m-p/121674#M22565 <P>In simple terms, Firewall/Access Policy is first followed by Threat Prevention.<BR />Reality is a little more complicated than that since Application Control and Content Awareness use the same underlying engines as Threat Prevention.<BR />That said, if there's no Access Policy permitting communication to/from the relevant hosts/ports, then there's no deeper inspection required <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 02:28:09 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-happens-first-firewall-or-IPS/m-p/121674#M22565 PhoneBoy 2021-06-21T02:28:09Z