This Week in CheckMates 13 August 2018

_Val_ · ‎2018-08-13

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Community Highlights

While Dameon and flatmoti enjoy their vacation,

we are having a very busy week here at checkmates‌:

R80.x Security Gateway Architecture (Logical Packet Flow)

Heiko Ankenbrand endlessly continues perfecting his popular article.

There is also a spin-out discussion:

How does the Medium Path (PXL) and Content Inspection work with R80

were we deepen our understanding of Medium Path and related technological solutions. The newest painting by Heiko Ankenbrand‌ definitely helps:

Security Gateway Packet Flow and Acceleration - with Diagrams

That is yet another attempt to put packet flows on a chart or two. This one is based on official Check Point GW architecture diagrams. FW path, Medium and Accelerated Paths are presented separately, for better clarity.