Benny Amorsen wrote:
>
> >>>>> "HP" == Heiko Ploehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> HP> Ok, to discuss the difference between stateful inspection and
> HP> application layer gateway, I didn't want to go to much into the
> HP> details. Yes for certain protocols like http, ftp, smtp FW-1 is
> HP> able to inspect the packet through layer 7. But this is not the
> HP> behavior for general services. Because otherwise it would be very
> HP> astonishing why FW-1 is so much faster than Raptor Eagle
> HP> (application layer gateway).
>
> Can you reference any studies of firewall performance that show the
> FW-1 being "so much faster" than the Axent Raptor Firewall? - It
> changed name after Raptor was bought by Axent, by the way.
>
> Benny
I thought there was a document on Compaqs Web-Sites showing the
comparison between FW-1 and Raptor, but I cannot find it again. Hence
there is only my experience with these two Firewalls running on the same
hardware that gives me the impression that FW-1 is faster than Raptor.
Heiko
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