What is Firewall Do you want to use it

A report generated by Gartner shows you which firewall is the leader or which one is the challenger in the market. 
According to this, nowadays the checkpoint firewall is one of the most popular in the ASIA. 

In the European market, the Palo Alto Networks (firewall) is the most popular.  

 

But we discussed about Checkpoint Firewall.

First, the operating system is used in checkpoint Firewall:-

1-IPSO and SPLAT (older version)

2-GAIA (Linux-based)

Certification of Checkpoint:-

1- CCSA

2- CCSE

3- VSX & MDS 

Types of Firewalls:-

 1-Application Firewall

2-Packet Filter Firewall

3-Stateful Firewall

4-Other Firewall (Web filter firewalls)

 

Packet Flow of checkpoint Firewall:-

Sam database (Rule like smart view monitor)
Anti-spoofing 
Rule or Policy
Destination Nat
Route Lookup
Source Nat
VPN  (IP received exiting VPN member or not )
Layer 7 inspection
Routing

Types Of Deployment:-

Distributed Deployment (different gateway and management server)
Standalone Deployment (same gateway and management)


Three-Layer Architecture of CP Firewall:-

Smart Console
Smart management server
Smart gateway (Enforcement module)