[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
> I really cannot agree that NT is the way to go for a firewall. > Having used > 3 platforms (NT, IPSO, and Solaris) my experience is that NT > lacks in many > areas, most notably reliability, OS security, and performance. Our > firewalls on NT required constant maintenence, and frequently > would restart > fwd on their own. (This did not disrupt service at the time, but left > zombie processes running that would eventually eat up memory -- this > required a reboot.) We also saw major performance gains moving > to Solaris, > just by putting in paltry Ultra5's (that's about as low as Sun will go...) > <SNIP> I agree with these sentiments exactly. I have used Checkpoint VPN1 on IPSO, NT, Solaris and Linux. Linux is my preference and out performs Solaris. NT isn't even close. Paul DeHerrera Large Scale Biology Corporation http://www.lsbc.com================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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