On Thu, 30 Mar 1995, Christopher D. Heer wrote:
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 1995 JOHNSON @
neu .
edu wrote:
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> > 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. . .
Ive run TIS' FWTK on a 386sx40 4M with 8bits ethernet cards.... and it
added aprox 50-80 msec to the delay. It had no problem with filling
our line (a 256K)
So, to make it "real" transparent to the users. You probable need at
least a 486... (or better)
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