A Virtual Router performs which of the following tasks?

Question

Options

• ANetwork Address Translation for protected customer networks
• BSecurity Policy application for protected customer networks
• CPacket inspection for protected customer networks
• DInter-Virtual System routing
• ESynchronization between VSX Gateways in a cluster

• B
  8% (2)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  88% (21)

Explanation

A Virtual Router (VR) in a Check Point VSX environment is a lightweight routing entity whose sole purpose is to forward packets between Virtual Systems - it holds routing tables and moves traffic, but applies no security functions itself. Options A, B, and C (NAT, security policy, and packet inspection) are all functions belonging to Virtual Systems (VS), not Virtual Routers; VSes are the full-featured security contexts that enforce policy and perform inspection. Option E describes VSX cluster state synchronization, which is a cluster-level mechanism entirely separate from the routing layer. A useful memory tip: think of a Virtual Router exactly like a physical router - it routes and nothing else - while a Virtual System is the full "firewall in a box" that handles everything security-related.

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