Re: [High Speed Firewalls]

[James Vaughn <j.vaughn () usa net>]

Hi,

I'd recommend checking into a hardware-based firewall solution, rather 
than a software firewall.  Hardware solutions are specifically designed 
for the volume of traffic about which you're speaking.  Check www.f5.com for
their BigIP product (which is an internet-centric load-balancing, FW/etc.
machine -- i.e., more than just a firewall; depends on why you need this) or
www.cisco.com and look into their PIX solutions.

There are others out there, too -- but these are the ones with which I'm
familiar and trust.

BTW -- Tried to send you an email directly (to save bandwidth on the nfr list)
but the email was rejected:

<hbaez () eos hitc com>:
Connected to 38.177.222.21 but sender was rejected.
Remote host said: 550 Access denied

Probably a spam filter.  ;^)

- James D Vaughn


Henry Baez <hbaez () eos hitc com> wrote:
> I am doing research on very high speed firewalls.  I mean firewalls that
> are right now available that could handle OC3 and higher speeds via Gig
> Byte Etherenet cards.  In searching the recent posting of this list and
> a lot of general web searching, I have found only one firewall that
> claims they can do so.  It is call POTUS from a company called Livermore
> Software Laboratories.  I would very much like to find at lease another
> vendor which at lease matches the claim of PORTUS, 300 MB plus through
> put.  Management, bless them, likes to have choices, I would like to
> present more then one vendor if possiable.
>
> I have experiences with two commercial firewalls, Checkpoint and
> Gauntlet, and one freeware firewall, Ipfilter.  But the links where way
> under 10 Meg Byte.  None of the firewalls I have work on 'claim' the
> speeds I am looking for.  All the magazines 'test/reviews' I have looked
> at top out at about 150 Meg. Byte.  The number of users for this project
> would not be large, but each one would be moving Gig Byte size files
> across the world.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Henry Baez
> hbaez () eos hitc com

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