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Stateful NAT in NSX – Part 2: Stateless Gateway Firewall

Leading up to today’s discussion, we previously reviewed the differences between stateful and stateless firewalls , followed by how stateful NAT services operate in conjunction with a stateful Gateway Firewall. While the expectation when using stateful NAT services in NSX is that the Gateway Firewall is enabled with a stateful policy, we wanted to show…

Stateful NAT in NSX – Part 1: T0/T1 Gateway Firewall

In our previous post, we detailed the differences between stateful and stateless firewalls. In today’s post, we’ll investigate how stateful NSX NAT services function in conjunction with the stateful firewall running on a Tier-0 or Tier-1, which is known as the ‘Gateway Firewall’. Note: As mentioned in prior posts, we won’t be covering the newer…

Stateful vs Stateless Firewalls – A Review

In our previous post, we took a broad look at the NAT services available in NSX; in particular, we noted which NAT services are ‘stateful’ or ‘stateless’ (that is, identifying which NAT services utilize a ‘state’ table). As NAT rules in NSX are functionally firewall rules, we wanted to review how stateful and stateless firewalls…