Carric,
Could you specify the details for these new Nokia boxes? I can't find
anything on their web site.
Regards,
Shimon Silberschlag
Wydeband Ltd.
Phone: +972 3 7668858
Fax: +972 3 7668980
Mobile: +972 51 207130
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From: Carric Dooley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 04:41
To: Jarmoc, Jeff
Cc: 'H. Morrow Long'; Matthew Poole; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: High-capacity firewall appliances
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Also, the new IPSO 3.3 on the IP series should significantly increase your
performance.
Another thing to look for is the new IP530 and IP700 series. All I can say
is Wow!
Carric Dooley
Senior Consultant
COM2:Interactive Media
"But this one goes to eleven."
- -- Nigel Tufnel
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Jarmoc, Jeff wrote:
> If you're talking about 'high capacity appliances' I've got to mention the
> Nokia IP series.. They run Checkpoint FW-1, and are about as easy to
> configure as anything I've ever worked with. The 650s are powerful,
> rivaling Solaris boxes easily.. Check out their site, I'm sure you'll be
> interested.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Morrow Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 1:59 PM
> To: Matthew Poole
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: High-capacity firewall appliances
>
>
>
> The latest Cisco PIX (535) should be able to match or better the
> NetScreen 1000
> for non-VPN traffic throughput (each claims 1 gigabit/sec). The Cisco
> PIX is less
> powerful at handling VPN traffic directly in the PIX -- so many Cisco
> customers
> would handle VPN termination w/a separate device (a router or Cisco VPN
> Server
> 3XXX or 5XXX)..
>
> Cisco is claiming 1 gigabit/sec (non-VPN traffic) throughput within the
> 535. VPN
> traffic is only 100 megabit/sec for the VPN traffic -- handled via an
> addon VPN
> accelerator card. You can put 10/100 megabit as well as gigabit speed
> Ethernet
> interfaces in it.
>
> The next lower PIX (in price and performance) is the 525 which has a
> total throughput
> of around 370 megabits/second. It is quite a bit less expensive than
> the Cisco PIX 535.
>
> See:
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/fw/sqfw500/prodlit/535_ds.htm
>
>
> - H. Morrow Long
>
> Matthew Poole wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > My employer is currently in the market for a new firewall app. The
> > requirement is one that can handle in excess of 250,000
> > simultaneous connections.
> >
> > We operate several virtual ISPs, ranging in size from a few hundred
> > users through to well over 100,000. These offer POTS dialup and
> > RADSL access. We also offer an in-building access service. On
> > top of these two, we are in the process of designing and
> > implementing a fully-unified voice/fax/data platform utilising EoF,
> > ATM and SWB carriers, and SDSL when it becomes available. All
> > the dedicated connection services (will) offer an optional managed
> > firewall service.
> >
> > Does anyone have any comments/suggestions on firewalls that
> > can handle this type of capacity? VPN compatability is essential,
> > as is rack-mount chassis design. So far the only app I've been
> > able to find in this class is the NetScreen 1000. It looks damn
> > good on paper, but the end user perspective is always more
> > revealing.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Matthew Poole
> > Junior Network Engineer
> > Attica Communications
> > +64 21 224 6927 - Cellular
> > +64 9 915 7671 - DDI
> > +64 9 916 0627 - Fax
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