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When changes are made to a Rule base, it is important to Publish database to enforce changes5. Publishing database saves the changes to the database and makes them available to other administrators. Installing policy applies the changes to the Security Gateways. References: Check Point R81 Security Management Administration Guide, [Check Point R81 SmartConsole R81 Resolved Issues], [Check Point R81 Firewall Administration Guide]

Automatic Hide NAT rules are created by the administrator when they configure NAT for network objects or groups in the object properties. Automatic Hide NAT rules allow multiple private IP addresses to share a single public IP address when accessing external networks. Source Port Address Translation (PAT) is enabled by default for Automatic Hide NAT rules, which means that the Security Gateway assigns a unique source port number for each connection from the same source IP address. This allows the Security Gateway to keep track of the connections and translate the reply packets correctly. 

Manage and Command Line is not a valid application navigation tab in the R80 SmartConsole, as it does not exist in the interface. The image shows the navigation toolbar of the R80 SmartConsole, which has four tabs: Security Policies, Logs & Monitor, Gateways & Servers, and Manage & Settings1. The Command Line Interface button is located in the system information area, not in the navigation toolbar1.

References: Application Control and URL Filtering - Check Point Software

 Security Gateway software blades must be attached to a Security Gateway container. A Security Gateway container is a logical object that represents a physical or virtual machine that runs the Security Gateway software. A software blade is a modular security feature that can be enabled or disabled eway container. A software blade can provide functions such as firewall, VPN, IPS, anti-virus, anti-bot, application control, URL filtering, etc.References: [Security Gateway Containers], [Software Blades]