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Re: [fw-wiz] Firewall bake-off?

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Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Firewall bake-off?
From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr@ranum.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:09:09 -0400
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K K wrote:
>But not exactly know as speed demons, and no published 64-byte PPS
>throughput benchmarks.


It's a proxy firewall. PPS benchmarks are irrelevant because the traffic
is moving through layer 7.

This isn't intended as a bash at you, Kevin, because you're not the
one who raised PPS as a measure of firewall performance (I think it
was Carson) - but if someone starts talking about PPS as a firewall
benchmark, they may as well hold up a big sign that reads:
"I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A FIREWALL DOES"

mjr.

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