Which feature is used to force trusted non-F2F traffic into the fully accelerated path for handling by SecureXL.

The Fast Accelerator is a specific mechanism within the SecureXL performance suite. It is designed to handle trusted, high-volume traffic by creating templates for connections. These templates allow subsequent packets of the same connection (non-F2F traffic) to bypass deeper inspection and be processed in the most accelerated path, often directly by the network interface card or very early in the packet processing pipeline. This forces trusted traffic into the fully accelerated path for maximum throughput.

B. hypersync is a technology for synchronizing state information between cluster members or Security Group Modules, ensuring session failover, not for accelerating traffic paths.
C. rate limiting is a Quality of Service (QoS) feature used to control the amount of traffic, not to accelerate it through a specific path.
D. SecureXL is the overall acceleration technology suite. The Fast Accelerator is a more specific feature within SecureXL that performs the action described in the question.

1. Check Point. (2022). R81.10 Performance Tuning Administration Guide. Page 16, "SecureXL Packet Flow". The guide describes the "Accelerated Path" and how SecureXL templates are used to accelerate connections, which is the function of the Fast Accelerator.

2. Check Point. (2022). R81.10 Security Gateway Architecture and Performance. Section "SecureXL". This document details the different acceleration paths and how SecureXL offloads traffic from the Firewall kernel, a process managed by features like the Fast Accelerator.