Re: Firewall Throughput

[Darren Reed <darrenr () reed wattle id au>]

In some email I received from Benson Hill, sie wrote:
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> Hey All
>
> We're looking to purchase a new enterprise level firewall.
> As you can imagine, among other things, throughput is
> one of the major concerns.
>
> Currently we're looking at CheckPoint VPN-1 and Cisco
> PIX.
>
> Of course, both companies claim their solution is the best.
> Cisco says they are faster, CheckPoint says that's true only
> for certain types of traffic.
[...]

What do you value more - throughput or security ?

If you value security, the PIX isn't the answer, IMHO.  Then again,
the level of protection desired may mean that FW-1 is inappropriate.

If you value throughput then why bother with a PIX ?
Just get a router and add appropriate ACL's.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I see people asking this
question is "How fast do you want people to break in?".

Cheers,
Darren

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