How the firewall and inline IPS layers work together. This resource helps network administrators comparing gateway policy, inspection paths, and deployment boundaries.
Original document: An undated, two-page architecture paper. The upload location is not a publication date or a product-version statement.
What the paper covers
- The relationship among firewall policy, routing, NAT, and stateful inspection.
- A traffic path through the firewall and two inline intrusion-prevention layers.
- Why traffic visibility depends on the interfaces and connections passing through the managed gateway.
How to use it today
Treat the diagrams as an explanation of the architecture described in the paper. Confirm current hardware sizing, enabled features, and inspection paths for a proposed deployment. Historical traffic percentages and signature counts are not sizing guarantees.
Read the original white paper (PDF).
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