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Subject: Re: Solaris v. NT Performance
From: mcnabb @ argus-systems . com (Paul McNabb)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:15:05 -0500
To: Firewalls @ greatcircle . com

>  From: Scott Lupfer <scott .
 lupfer @
 ssds .
 com>
>  
>  The Checkpoint website has a pointer to some statistical data on Firewall-1
>  testing done by KeyLabs, Inc.  Basically talks about exactly what you are
>  looking for.  Before reading the report I was concerned about NTs
>  capabilities, after reading the report I don't feel NT is mature enough to
>  be the best solution for a firewall platform.  Take a look at it at: 
>  
>  http://www.checkpoint.com/products/technology/pdata_sol_nt.html

This uses different hardware platforms: a SPARC for Solaris vs. a Pentium
for NT.  How much of the difference is due to the hardware and how much
is due to the OS strengths?

paul

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