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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Topology

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As shown in the following figure, Sangfor's Athena NGFW firewall and Palo Alto firewall are connected to the Internet as the enterprise's HQ gateway and branch gateway, respectively. An IPsec VPN tunnel in route mode is established between the Athena NGFW firewall and the Fortinet firewall to secure communication between PC1 and PC2.

Firewall

Version

Description

Athena NGFW

V8.0.107

This topology applies to Athena NGFW V8.0.107 and later.

Palo Alto

PA-3020 V8.0.9

This is used only as an example for description.

Firewall versions: