Hello,
Not a complete list, but the important factors are :
Capacity planning,
1. What kind of throughput that is expected overall ? Can the firewall
bus tackle this ?
2. What kind of encrypted throughput expected ? Can the CPU processes
this fast enough ?
3. How many tunnel expected ? Some firewall limits on the tunnel although
it may have enough througput and CPU to process.
4. Interface amounts. How many network segment you want to have ? 1
Internal, 1or2 External, xxx DMZ ?
5. How big is the hardware, does it fits your rack ?
6. Fail-over time in clustered/redundant setup. Shorter the better.
The above can be done by baselining current network and adjust it with
expected growth.
Hope this helps
Regards,
Leonard Ong, CISSP, CSS-1, CCSE, MCSE,
MCDBA, CCNP, CCDP, NSA, LCP
Network Security Specialist, APAC
NOKIA
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Subject: Sizing Firewalls [7:52026]
Hi Friends ,
I need help in figuring out what all parameters should be considered when
sizing firewalls .Any URL or doc in this regard would really help.
thanks in advance,
Smart student
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