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Subject: Re: Firewall performance.
From: "Christopher D. Heer" <chris @ isis . isisph . com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 14:29:58 -0800 (PST)
To: JOHNSON @ neu . edu
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <01HOQLXLQ6SY8WW9AS @ neu . edu>

On Thu, 30 Mar 1995 JOHNSON @
 neu .
 edu wrote:

>     How about firewall performance measures?  I'm looking at TIS' 
> Gauntlet.  Their blurb says they run on a 486 with 16 bit Ethernet 
> cards.  That would seem to be a bottle neck to me.  I'd rather see it 
> run on a really fast Pentium (as long as it doesn't divide) with 32 bit
> Ethernet cards.  Does anybody have throughput measures on firewall 
> products in general that are comparable to Scott Bradnor's work with 
> routers?

I'd be real surprised if a 486 w/16 bit Ethernet couldn't keep up with
your average 56K line, or even a T1. . . 
--
Christopher D. Heer| I'm in better shape than some men twice my age.
 cheer @
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 com  | 
Opinions are mine! | Isis Pharmaceuticals: where a drug can be a drug!





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