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On Mon, 17 May 1999, Johann G. Hautzinger wrote:
> Greg Bastian wrote:
> >
> > As a more specific question for any Linux users out there, would a NAT based
> > firewall/router to handle a 128KBit ISDN connection running on a Pentium 233
> > with 96 MB RAM handle the load ?
>
> well ... the answer is: that depends on ... like always ;-)
>
> in this case it depends on the answer to the following question(s):
>
> > Do you want protection against your users?
> How are they connected?
> How many are they?
>
> a "no" to the first question should be a clean green light to using this
> machine.
I am puzzeled by this comment, if you are meaning protection from users
logging into the firewall, that should not be happening anyway. If you are
talking protection from users behind the firewall then it is a issue of
NAT based vs. stateful inspection vs. proxy which is not the question
asked
>
> btw: using linux you could try saying "yes" to "CPU is too slow to
> handle full bandwith" under network options during kernel config.
>
a machine like this should have NO problems maintaining these speeds. I
have a NAT based linux firewall on my cablemodem at home. it is a 485/25
8MB and has no problems keeping up with 3Mb download 200Kb upload
(although I admit I don't find many sites out there able to maintain that
speed, usually I only see that speed when doing multiple downloads :-)
David Lang
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