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The changes made by an administrator before publishing the session can be seen by a superuser administrator from Manage and Settings > Sessions, right click on the session and click ‘View Changes…’. This option allows the superuser to review the changes made by another administrator in a pending session1. References: Check Point R81 Security Management Administration Guide

In Check Point’s Security Management Architecture, logs can be stored on the Security Management Server and Security Gateway.

Security Management Server stores logs when configured to do so.

Security Gateways can store logs locally, but they are often forwarded to a Security Management Server or a dedicated Log Server.

Option B (Incorrect): SmartConsole is only a management interface and does not store logs.

Option C (Incorrect): SmartConsole does not store logs.

Option D (Incorrect): Logs are not exclusively stored on the Security Management Server—they can also be stored on the Security Gateway.

Thus, the correct answer is A. Security Management Server and Security Gateway.

 Once a license is activated, a Service Contract file should be installed. This file contains information about the license expiration date, support level, and other details3. The other options are not valid file names.

References: 3: Check Point R81 Security Management Administration Guide, page 15.

 A stateful inspection firewall works by registering connection data and compiling this information in state tables. State tables are data structures that store information about the state and context of each connection, such as source, destination, service, protocol, sequence number, flags, etc. State tables enable the firewall to inspect both the header and the payload of each packet and apply security policies accordingly.References: [Stateful Inspection], [State Tables]