CheckPoint 156-587 Exam - Topic 9 Question 23 Discussion

When troubleshooting crashes on a Security Gateway (or any Linux-based system), the file type that is typically generated and used for in-depth analysis is a core dump.

A core dump captures the memory state of a process at the time it crashed and is critical for root-cause analysis.

Other options:

A . tcpdump: A packet capture file, not a crash-related file.

C . fw monitor: A Check Point packet capture tool, but not for crash debugging.

D . CPMIL dump: Not a common or standard crash dump reference in Check Point.