The Corente Services Gateway is installed on generic Intel x86 platforms or in virtual environments. The software runs on a hardened version of the Oracle Linux operating system (OS), which turns the computing platform into a secure applications traffic device with performance that can meet or exceed the throughput of most hardware systems.

The Corente Services Gateway includes IPSec VPN gateway, firewall, DHCP server/client, Internet connection sharing (ICS), QoS, backhaul, DNS, and routing support in addition to the hardened OS and drivers.

When a Corente Services Gateway receives traffic destined for a remote segment of the secure network, the packets are encrypted and encapsulated, and then sent to the appropriate gateway for that segment. A Corente Services Gateway may be configured to route all traffic for a LAN (secure and insecure), or may be configured to work with existing routers and firewalls, managing only the secure segment of the traffic.