What Check Point process controls logging?

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Options

• AFWD
• BCPVVD
• CCPM
• DCPD

• A
  92% (33)
• B
  6% (2)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

FWD (FireWall Daemon) is the Check Point process responsible for controlling logging. It runs on the Security Gateway and handles the generation, management, and forwarding of log records to the Log Server, making it the core logging process in the Check Point architecture.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• CPD (Check Point Daemon) is an infrastructure process that handles inter-component communication, certificate management, and SIC (Secure Internal Communication) - not logging.
• CPM (Check Point Management) is the management server process that handles policy management and SmartConsole connections - not logging.
• CPVVD is not a standard Check Point core process; it is a distractor with no recognized logging role.

Memory tip: Think of FWD as "Forward logs" - its name literally suggests forwarding, which is exactly what it does with log data from the gateway to the log server. If something goes wrong with logging, fw log and cpstop/cpstart on the FWD daemon are your first troubleshooting steps.

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