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FloodGate-1

Management Integration with VPN-1

Check Point customers can easily extend a VPN-1 or FireWall-1 deployment to include Quality of Service (QoS), without the complexities associated with deploying and managing multiple, dedicated devices. Integration benefits include those provided by a shared 3-tier management architecture and the following management components:

SmartCenter

Check Point SmartCenter combines QoS, VPN, Firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) policy editors into a single integrated application, eliminating the need for administrators to use multiple management interfaces. Administrative rights can be defined such that different people manage QoS and VPN-1/FireWall-1® functionalities.


Sample FloodGate-1 policy
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Common Network Objects and User Groups

All policies share the same user-defined network objects and user groups, making it easy to extend an existing firewall or VPN policy to include QoS.

SmartView Tracker & SmartView Status

FloodGate-1 log entries are integrated into VPN-1 and FireWall-1 log files to simplify tracking and responding to network events. In addition, the log entries are accessible by reporting tools for advanced reporting and analysis. Check Point's SmartView Status simplifies the management of multi-function enforcement points by providing real-time data regarding the health of FloodGate-1, VPN-1 and FireWall-1 processes. FloodGate-1 information includes status, pending packets and pending bytes.

SmartView Monitor

Check Point's SmartView Monitor is included with FloodGate-1. Performance data is collected at the gateways and continuously streamed to a central Check Point SmartCenter. Traffic through a specific gateway can be monitored by service, network object or QoS rule. End-to-end performance of site-to-site VPN tunnels can also easily be monitored.

The screen shot below illustrates the monitor's suspend/control feature, which allows the user to toggle FloodGate-1 on and off in real time to view the impact of a QoS policy.


The SmartView Monitor can be used to view the impact of a QoS policy. The left side of the graph shows unmanaged traffic. The right side shows the impact of implementing a FloodGate-1 QoS policy.