Which features are supported only with R80.10 Gateways but not with R77.x?

The feature that is supported only with R80.10 Gateways, and not with R77.x, is the concept of a rule base built of layers with prioritized inspections.

In R80.10, Check Point introduced a more advanced and organized approach to constructing security policies with the use of layered security rules. This means that administrators can create distinct layers for different types of security rules—like network, application control, URL filtering, etc.—which allows for better management and prioritization of these rules. The layered approach provides a modular way to enforce policies, enhancing both performance and clarity in the rules base.

This infrastructure allows security policies to be more dynamic, requiring fewer rule sets and leading to more efficient inspections. Such advanced organizational capabilities did not exist in R77.x, which relied on a flat, single list of rules without the layered structure, making it less flexible and harder to manage for complex deployments.

The other features mentioned, while they may have improvements or additional capabilities in R80.10, are not exclusive to that version and were present in R77.x in some form. For instance, unified access control policies can also be found in R77.x, albeit with fewer integrated functions. Throughput limitations for streaming media and time objects