[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT
Hmmm.... so to stoke the fire further, NT beats UNIX AND Nokia with respect to VPN-1 throughput. Hmmmm.. ----- Original Message ----- From: James W. Klein <[email protected]> To: Larry Pingree <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: 16 February 2001 20:43 Subject: Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT > > This might be interesting... not exactly apples to apples (dual procs vs one > proc; encryption thrown in; different memory; etc.)... > > http://www.checkpoint.com/products/vpn1/vpn1perfdata.html > > Semaj.. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Pingree" <[email protected]> > To: "Tim Holman" <[email protected]>; "Tim Anderson" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT > > > > > > > > Tim, please refer me to where you have seen these NT comparasons to the > > Nokia, when I worked at Nokia, I've never seen numbers that reflected > slower > > times on a Nokia compared with NT, I cannot imagine an NT box passing > > packets faster than Unix. Thanks! > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Larry Pingree > > Sr. Security Consultant > > Email: [email protected] > > > > SiegeWorks > > Company WebSite: http://www.siegeworks.com/ > > Security Installation, Training and Consulting > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tim Holman <[email protected]> > > To: Tim Anderson <[email protected]>; > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:18 AM > > Subject: Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT > > > > > > > > > > Redundancy yes, load balancing no. At least not yet.... > > > Nokia's are just PCs with fancy, small, rackmountable boxes, running > > > FreeBSD. > > > They are reliable, and can be made into a fault tolerant pair, but then > so > > > can NT and the other platforms, + you can load share using Stonebeat. > > > If I had to spec up firewalls again, I'd probably choose NT, as Nokia > did > > > seem rather expensive for the task in hand, and benchmarks show that the > > > Nokia platform is actually slower than the equivalent PC running NT. > > > Then again, I'd probably change my mind, as the Nokia's are very easy to > > > setup - stick them in, pre-hardened, load up firewall + the licenses and > > > away you go. > > > Saves faffing around with NT, but if you already know how to harden NT, > it > > > doesn't take too long to faff around with it ! > > > Stick with what you know.... it will cost you less ! > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Tim Anderson <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: 15 February 2001 16:51 > > > Subject: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are looking into switching our existing Firewall platform from > > NT/Win2K > > > > to Nokia. I am curious to see how those of you using Checkpoint on > > Nokia > > > > like it. > > > > We are hoping that this switch will lower down time and decrease > > > > administrative overhead. The specific model we are planning to > purchase > > > is > > > > the Nokia 440. We plan to purchase two to provide load balancing and > > > > redundancy. > > > > Of course our vendor likes our plan but I want to hear from some > admins > > > that > > > > are actually supporting this platform. Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > Tim Anderson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > > > ==== > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the > instructions > > at > > > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > > > ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > > ==== > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions > at > > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > > > > > > ============================================================================ > > ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > This message has been checked for all known viruses, by Star Internet, > > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. > > For further information visit: > > http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > > > > > > ============================================================================ ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ============================================================================ ==== > ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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