Athena NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall)

Athena NGFW (previously known as Network Secure) provides comprehensive protection for every network perimeter, ensuring the safety of your valuable assets, data, and users from emerging threats.
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Access Secure

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Athena NGFW can integrate with Sangfor Access Secure to implement traffic forwarding. Traffic auditing and control can be implemented through virtual Athena NGFW on the PoP node. In addition, unified management can be implemented through the operations center of Sangfor Access Secure.

Specifically, Athena NGFW can connect to Sangfor Access Secure through a Platform-X account or a connection key.

Steps

Step 1.Connect to Athena NGFW through a Platform-X account or a connection key.

  1. Platform-X account: Click Go Now to go to the Product Integration page to complete the connection process. For more information, see the "Product Integration" section.

  1. Connection key: On the Lines tab, click Advanced. In the Advanced dialog box that appears, enter the connection key.

To obtain the connection key, log in to the Sangfor Access Secure console, and go to Platform Management > System > Connections > Connection Tunnels > Connection Keys. Then, move the pointer over Guide for Deploying Network Devices, and click Copy, as shown in the following figure.

Step 2.Add a line. The PoP server address is automatically allocated by the cloud. You only need to specify the outbound interface.

Step 3.Configure a traffic forwarding policy. Only the traffic that matches the traffic forwarding policy will be forwarded to Sangfor Access Secure.

Step 4.Configure a non-traffic forwarding policy if specific traffic does not need to be forwarded. The priority of a non-traffic forwarding policy is higher than that of a traffic forwarding policy. If the traffic of a request matches both the traffic forwarding policy and the non-traffic forwarding policy, the traffic will not be forwarded. The traffic forwarding policy does not affect the traffic that is not forwarded.