RE: Traffic generating tool survey

["Melson, Paul" <PMelson () sequoianet com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> I'm looking to find out what tools are out there for 
> generating traffic to 
> test firewalls.
>
> I've had people point me at the Spirent Communications Avalanch and 
> Reflector products (which start up around $150K, ouch) and am 
> seriously 
> considering them, but before I get ready to buy anything I 
> need to find 
> out what else is out there.

A less expensive (but not free) option is BLADE Firewall Informer.
http://www.blade-software.com/

It should work fine with normal TCP proxies and maybe some common
application proxies like DNS and HTTP, but I don't know first hand as
I've never used it on a Symantec or Gauntlet firewall.

PaulM

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