> Source: [sk25972](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk25972)

# sk25972 - About SecureXL Performance Pack

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk25972 |
| Date Created | 2004-04-19 |
| Last Modified | 2017-02-28 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |

## Solution

Performance Pack is a software acceleration product installed as an add-on to VPN-1/FireWall-1. Performance Pack significantly enhances and improves Firewall performance.  

Performance Pack uses Check Point SecureXL technology and other innovative network acceleration techniques, in order to deliver wire-speed firewall and VPN throughput for gigabit networks. Moreover, it accelerates key security functions, such as:

* Access Control
* Encryption
* NAT
* Accounting and
* Connection/session rate
* General security checks

**Related solutions:**

* [sk32578 (SecureXL Mechanism)](http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk32578)
* [sk25861 (Supported Platforms for Performance Pack/SecureXL)](http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk25861)
* [sk17220 (Supportability of ClusterXL with Performance Pack)](http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk17220)
* [sk25885 (Supportability of 3rd Party Clusters with Performance Pack/SecureXL)](http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk25885)
* [sk25854 (Supportability of Floodgate-1 with Performance Pack/SecureXL)](http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk25854)
* [sk25855 (Supportability of SmartView Monitor with Performance Pack/SecureXL)](http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk25855)

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