Next generation firewalls aim to provide integrated threat protection through consolidation of gateway functions in virtual appliances with enterprise-class features for all segments. They aim to keep up with evolving intelligence-based threats by providing end-to-end policy compliance across all devices, including mobile, and virtualization capabilities for multi-tenant environments. Firewalls have evolved over 25 years from basic packet filtering to deep packet inspection to address more sophisticated threats that can bypass policies by posing as legitimate traffic.