Make that NOT necessarily correct. Sorry.
Jason
Jason Witty wrote:
>
> Shimon,
>
> Don't forget the disclaimer on that page:
>
> "About The Results
>
> FireWall-1 throughput performance results are not meant to be used as a
> comparison between vendor platforms. No attempt was made to match
> similar systems in price/performance categories. The systems tested may
> represent any model in a vendor�s product line, from a high-end system
> to a low-end system. The numbers listed here are simply representative
> of certain models within a particular vendor�s product line."
>
> They didn't try to match hardware specs, so you're assumptions are
> necessarily correct.
>
> Jason
>
> "Barry Roche (LMI)" wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 2:54 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [FW1] FW-1 performance on different platforms
> >
> > ;-) hi
> > note:aix and linux boxes are equipped with giga-byte nic
> > see also the performance data
>at=http://www.checkpoint.com/products/vpn1/vpn1perfdata.html
> > regards
> > K@rel
> >
> > "Shimon Silberschlag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 17/07/2000 12:46:39
> >
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > cc: (bcc: Karel De-Groote/BE/BSD/ALCATEL)
> > Subject: [FW1] FW-1 performance on different platforms
> >
> > Recently I came across the following performance data at CP's web site
> > http://www.checkpoint.com/products/firewall-1/pbrief.html
> >
> > To say the least, I was surprised to find out that NT surpasses the
> > Nokia platform performance wise, and that the fastest platform is the
> > Linux newcomer. (pay attention to the fact that the platforms are
> > different in CPU power and the number of the CPUs)
> >
> > Is Nokia going to respond by giving us a faster box, after all the box
> > should be streamlined for routing and firewalling, utilizing the well
> > known BSD based TCP stack.
> >
> > Does the list group experience on the field resembles the results CP
> > got in the lab?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shimon Silberschlag
> >
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