DNXSYS® GATE

Focused L4 traffic control

Put the traffic layer where it belongs.

DNXSYS® GATE distributes TCP connections across configured upstream services from ordinary cloud compute—at the edge, inside a private network, or between existing infrastructure tiers.

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  • Application-transparent
  • Customer-controlled placement
  • Public, private and multi-cloud ready
01Focused scopeTCP traffic distribution
02Efficient runtimeDesigned for useful work per resource
03Predictable pressureAdmission before active service
04Portable placementStandard compute environments

Capabilities

A deliberate L4 boundary.

GATE concentrates on connection handling and the TCP data path. Application sessions, container lifecycles and service orchestration remain with the systems already responsible for them.

01

Connection distribution

Direct new TCP connections across configured upstream endpoints through a dedicated traffic tier.

02

Health-aware selection

Keep unavailable destinations out of the active path and direct work toward serviceable upstreams.

03

Protected admission

Separate newly accepted connections from the protected active pool while protocol checks complete.

04

Flexible placement

Run at an ingress boundary, behind an existing edge tier, or close to private application services.

05

Controlled degradation

Use bounded connection handling and deliberate cleanup behavior when demand or slow clients apply pressure.

06

Operational clarity

Expose product identity, service state and runtime observations without mixing them with laboratory benchmarks.

How it works

Protect the active path before traffic joins it.

A new connection enters a bounded admission stage. After the required checks, it can move into protected active service and be paired with a selected upstream. Cleanup remains outside the immediate close path.

The result is a clear lifecycle for every connection—without turning the L4 layer into an application platform.

Connection lifecycleState transitions
  1. 01
    AcceptReceive a new TCP connection
  2. 02
    ProbationApply admission and protocol checks
  3. 03
    Protected active poolServe admitted connections fairly
  4. 04
    Deferred closeRemove closed work from the hot path

Deployment patterns

Place GATE around the topology you already operate.

Use it as the L4 entry point or as a private distribution tier behind an existing cloud edge, security or TLS service.

Pattern ADirect ingress

GATE as the TCP entry point

Accept traffic on a GATE listener and distribute connections to a private group of application endpoints.

Clients→GATE→Private pool
Pattern BPrivate VPC tier

Keep the edge. Simplify the private path.

Retain an existing WAF, TLS or proxy service and use GATE to distribute its connections across private workloads.

Edge / WAF→GATE→Services
Pattern CMulti-cloud leg

A consistent L4 tier across environments

Deploy GATE near services in separate cloud or private environments while keeping placement under customer control.

Traffic→GATE→Cloud / private
GATE ownsTCP admission · upstream selection · connection forwarding
Your platforms retainTLS policy · sessions · discovery · workload orchestration

From DNS to Pod

Where GATE fits with Kubernetes Gateway API.

GATE can provide a focused L4 distribution tier in front of several network-reachable Gateway Service endpoints. Kubernetes still owns the Gateway resources, route policy, proxy configuration and workload delivery.

Request walkthrough

Follow one connection through the stack.

  1. 01
    DNS directs the client to the entry address.

    In this pattern, the exposed address leads to GATE directly or through an existing cloud edge.

  2. 02
    GATE accepts the TCP connection.

    It applies L4 admission and selects from its configured, reachable Gateway Service upstreams.

  3. 03
    The selected Gateway Service reaches its proxy pool.

    The exact Service exposure is implementation- and network-specific.

  4. 04
    The gateway proxy applies Kubernetes routing policy.

    The controller has translated Gateway and attached Route resources into proxy configuration.

  5. 05
    The route selects a backend Service.

    Kubernetes then delivers the request toward the application Pods represented by that Service.

GatewayClass

Identifies a class of Gateways implemented and managed by a controller.

Gateway

Declares traffic-handling infrastructure and its listeners.

HTTPRoute / GRPCRoute

Attach matching and routing rules to a Gateway and name backend targets.

Gateway Service endpoint

The network-reachable data-plane entry that GATE can use as an upstream.

Architecture direction

Useful alone. Designed to scale into a fabric.

One GATE can serve a focused traffic path. Multiple GATE instances can form a managed zone as requirements grow. That progression creates a natural path toward the broader DNXSYS® CSz secured-cloud architecture without making CSz a requirement for GATE.

Evidence before claims

Pre-release qualification includes repeated multi-host testing, constrained-resource measurement and long-duration validation. Performance results will be published only with their hardware, topology and test conditions.

Discuss your traffic path

Find where GATE fits before changing your infrastructure.

Share your current ingress, private-network and upstream topology. We can identify a focused deployment boundary and the validation it should pass.

Useful context to include
  • Where traffic enters your environment
  • Which services GATE would distribute connections to
  • Whether the path crosses cloud or private networks
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