At 09:55 AM 04/27/2000 -0400, Oscar Rau wrote:
>We plan to install PIX firewall and would like to know the
>performance effects for running a virus check on inbound/outbound traffic.
>
>1. Does the Virus Checking happen on the PIX system or is the traffic routed to
>an NT box which checks for the virus?
Virus checking does not happen on the PIX system. PIX can forward traffic to a virus
checking server.
>2. After the packets have been checked for viruses, do the packets go back to
>the PIX to be routed or NT routes them to the destination?
Should go to the destination.
>3. Which virus vendor works well with PIX?
Check out this link for more information.
http://www.cisco.com/pixpackcd/
Thanks much,
Lisa Napier
Product Security Incident Response Team
Cisco Systems
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/sec_incident_response.shtml
>Thank you in advance for any info.
>--
>
>Oscar Rau
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