Re: Security conference NETSEC 99

[Carric Dooley <carric () com2usa com>]

Yes... definately.  Platform is critical.  Go look at checkpoint's site
and look at the throughput when comparing Windows NT versus Solaris.  I'll
let you draw your own conclusions.

Carric Dooley
COM2:Interactive Media
http://www.com2usa.com

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Sandy Green wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> I needed to get some sort of feedback about the 
> recently held Security conference NETSEC 99.
> All the lucky ones who atteneded this conference
> would have certainily benefited from it. But for some
> reason(s) I could not make it. I would greatly appreciate
> if some of you could share your experiences and 
> learning with me. 
>
> second. This is about the firewall performance.
> In my mind these would be the factors for the 
> bastion host performance ( processing the number
> of packets and taking a decision )
> CPU speed, PCI bus speed, Memory,..., and of 
> course the WAN link connectivity speed... any more
>
> all thes factors have in turn a direct bearing on each
> other... just like security as strong as the weakesk
> link, similarly the processing speed (of the firewall)
> would be as fast as the slowest parameter( CPU
> speed, WAN/LAN connectivity speed, PCI bus speed...)
> Please let me know your views or could point me to
> resources on the web.
>
> Thanks
> sandy
>
>
>
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