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Are conversations cached by the firewall and subsequent packets processed in hardware or does the CPU process firewall commands?

April 26, 2017cached commands conversations CPU firewall hardware packets process processed

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Are conversations cached by the firewall and subsequent packets processed in hardware or does the CPU process firewall commands?

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Firewall sessions are cached in software, while packet flows are fast-switched in hardware.