Computer network gateway hardware and software for enabling computer gateway services, namely, for providing network security, network management, processing of network traffic, provision of network security based applications and application enhancement; computer network operating system featuring network security, network management, processing of network traffic, provision of network security-based applications and application enhancement; computer hardware; computer software and firmware for protecting the integrity of computer hardware, software, networks and electronic data; computer software and firmware for analyzing and filtering of network traffic and for the detection, filtering, and/or removal of computer intrusions, viruses, spam, or other malicious applications or threats, and for providing virtual private networking and security functions; computer software and firmware for monitoring, analyzing or reporting of network information, data and traffic