>PIX is wire-speed, hardware based! Checkpoint is based on the box you have
>it installed, which could be better than PIX's box... agreed!, but it is
>also software based.
>
>CheckPoint does have an embedded hardware based box made by NOKIA, but that
>market is not doing so well.
>
>Khalid Khan
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ry 01, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: "Wire speed" (wasRe: What should I block???)
> >I would agree here. Things like maximum concurrent connections and how
many
> >connections/second need to be considered as well. Personally I prefer
> >hardware simply for the stabili
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From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:28 AM
Subject: "Wire speed" (wasRe: What should I block???)
> >PIX is wire-speed, hardware based! Ch
>I would agree here. Things like maximum concurrent connections and how many
>connections/second need to be considered as well. Personally I prefer
>hardware simply for the stability factor. There's nothing like having to go
>reboot the firewall server at 2am...grrr. Been there, done that, bur
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