Re: Security conference NETSEC 99

Carric Dooley (carriccom2usa.com)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:15:19 -0400 (EDT)

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Yes... definately. Platform is critical. Go look at checkpoint's site
and look at the throughput when comparing Windows NT versus Solaris. I'll
let you draw your own conclusions.

Carric Dooley
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Sandy Green wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> I needed to get some sort of feedback about the
> recently held Security conference NETSEC 99.
> All the lucky ones who atteneded this conference
> would have certainily benefited from it. But for some
> reason(s) I could not make it. I would greatly appreciate
> if some of you could share your experiences and
> learning with me.
>
> second. This is about the firewall performance.
> In my mind these would be the factors for the
> bastion host performance ( processing the number
> of packets and taking a decision )
> CPU speed, PCI bus speed, Memory,..., and of
> course the WAN link connectivity speed... any more
>
> all thes factors have in turn a direct bearing on each
> other... just like security as strong as the weakesk
> link, similarly the processing speed (of the firewall)
> would be as fast as the slowest parameter( CPU
> speed, WAN/LAN connectivity speed, PCI bus speed...)
> Please let me know your views or could point me to
> resources on the web.
>
> Thanks
> sandy
>
>
>
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