Full LAB Architecture: SSL Offloader, Radware Load Balancer & FortiWeb WAF

Full LAB Architecture: SSL Offloader, Radware Load Balancer & FortiWeb WAF | Complete Traffic Flow Explained

Welcome to this in-depth technical walkthrough where I demonstrate three different deployment options for integrating an SSL Offloader, Radware Load Balancer, and FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) in a real-world lab environment.

In this video, I explain end-to-end traffic flow, device placement, and security inspection logic using a practical LAB setup that includes:

🔹 IIS Web Server (Windows)
🔹 DVWA Linux Application Server
🔹 Palo Alto Perimeter Firewall
🔹 Microsoft ADCS – Certificate Server
🔹 Radware Alteon / SSL Offloader
🔹 Radware Load Balancer / WAF
🔹 FortiWeb WAF

📘 What You’ll Learn in This Video

✔️ How SSL Offloading works in a secure network
✔️ Multiple deployment options for Radware + FortiWeb
✔️ Traffic flow between clients ⇒ perimeter firewall ⇒ SSL device ⇒ WAF ⇒ Application
✔️ End-to-end certificate handling using ADCS
✔️ How DVWA/IIS server responds through LB & WAF
✔️ Option-wise architecture breakdown including:

Option 1: Radware as a standalone SSL Offloader

Option 2: Radware Offloader + FortiWeb WAF inline

Option 3: Radware acting as both Load Balancer + SSL Offloader + FortiWeb WAF inspection

🧩 LAB Topology Includes

🌐 Client System
🔥 Palo Alto Firewall (Perimeter)
🔐 SSL Offloader
⚖️ Radware Load Balancer
🛡️ FortiWeb WAF
📄 IIS & DVWA Application Servers
🏢 ADCS Certificate Authority

All subnets, interfaces, and routing paths are explained clearly to help you understand how real-time enterprise traffic typically flows through security layers.

🔔 Who Should Watch This Video?

✔️ Network Security Engineers
✔️ Load Balancer Engineers
✔️ WAF / Application Security Professionals
✔️ DevSecOps Engineers
✔️ Students learning SSL Offloading or WAF deployment
✔️ Anyone preparing for Radware / Fortinet / Palo Alto projects

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