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Subject: Re: [Q] why does my firewall degrade Web performance?
From: David May (David_Mayallsolutions.com.au)
Date: Sun Aug 20 2000 - 21:34:17 CDT

Sorry this was a bit off-topic. Perhaps I should have posted my
question as "what is the performance cost of security ?" :)

Thanks to everybody who made suggestions about this problem. I have not
resolved it yet but number of the suggestions posted have been tried.

One thing is clear from the contradictory nature of comments received
so far: I need to benchmark the system to get a clearer picture of the
problem.

So far, it looks like the hardware and cabling are sound and firewall
CPU performance is not a problem. I am waiting for the new FreeBSD 4.1
CD-ROM from Walnut Creek/BSDI so I can try the more up-to-date software
but that may take another 3-4 weeks to arrive. If I find the answer I
will post the results here and in freebsd-ipfw in case others find it
useful.

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