Allyn,
ICSA has a firewall buyers guide that may help: http://www.icsa.net/html/communities/firewalls/buyers_guide/index.shtml
The load level you are talking about isn't that high. I've seen Firewall-1 running on a modest HP workstation handling well over 5,000 connections with good performance and I've seen a Cisco PIX front-ending a fairly large e-commerce site with much high loads than that. It really depends on what your are trying to do security wise, what features you require to implement your policy and how much money you have to spend.
-- Bill Stackpole, CISSP
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So I have searched the web.... I've searched the list archives...
I've read books... I'm looking for a comparison of the different
firewall solutions out there. We need it to handle up to 3000
students at a time. Does anybody know of any resources out there?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Allyn Crowe Network Administrator
Divisional Technology Services Eastern Michigan University
Voice: 734-487-8076 Fax: 734-487-8513
"If you don't push your limits, how do you know what they are?"
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