Re: Sizing a firewall

[ark () eltex ru]

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nuqneH,

I don't think it's a good idea to have all 25K desktops together.
I am nearly sure you need multiple firewalls to divide the network properly,
not a single one to "protect" it.


Walt Sullivan <walt () trytel com> said :

> I'm consulting for a Canadian government agency that plans to allow
> desktop access to the Internet for the first time next year (yes, I
> know, "Forward into the 70's", but is is government).
>
> They think they have about 25,000 desktops (Windows 95/98, shudder).
>
> How can I help them predict the amount of traffic they'll see on their
> T1 connection?
>
> Is there anybody out there running a firewall for 25K desktops that is
> willing to share an order-of-magnitude guess?


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