PCWeek just had a decent article about security. A firewall machine should be
spec'd depending on the amount of traffic. Firewalls inspect each packet and
apply the inspection to a ruleset. If you have a lot of traffic, that could
quickly bog down a machine.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/19/99 07:09:21 AM
To: Fabio da Silva Cunha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: (bcc: Rob Walker/SV/AUS/HARCOURT)
Subject: Machine specs for a Firewall
Hi All,
We need a firewall (Free Software) for our network,
which looks a bit like the below sketch.
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| Presently 64 KB line expected to be upgraded
^ later
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Router
Cisco 1605
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[Socks5] ------------Internal Network
On Linux/OpenBSD
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| DMZ
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[4 Mail Server] [3 WEB Server] [DNS Servers]
Linux/qmail 1 NT /2 Linux BSDI
Our Problem is at the moment,
how much computer power will we require for the Firewall machine
Recomended Ram, Processor speed, etc.
We presently have a Pentium 133 with 32MB Ram.
2 Pci 10Mbps Lan cards
But we do not want it to behave as a bottle neck to our network
Please recomend us any sites where we can learn more.
Jacob
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