Chapter 9. Configuring vShield Edge

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Installing vShield Edge
  • Managing appliances
  • Managing interfaces
  • Managing certificates and revocation lists
  • Managing firewall rules
  • Managing NAT Rules and static routes
  • Managing the IPSec VPN service
  • Managing SSL VPN-Plus
  • Configuring the load-balancing service

Introduction

Networks have been protected and partitioned by physical or software-based firewalls for many years now. These devices are deployed in an attempt to protect resources and direct traffic in a safe and productive manner. In the past, a virtualization environment of any sort was totally reliant on physical firewalls for defense and advanced features, including Network Address Translation (NAT) and

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