On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Mikael Olsson wrote: > > Is there an "off" switch for performance if the firewall just > > sits in front of a Web farm for instance? > > Nope. But that has never been a problem. Removing the randomization > would buy you very little in performance and has the potential to cost > you a whole lot more in security.
Hmmm, I suppose that you've not had to do "dual in-line" boxes with asymetric routing at Web farms then? > Besides, you're supposed to be toting proxies here, remember? > You don't get to speak about performance in this thread :) Hehehe, you've given up enough points that I get to pick at the "automatic filter wins" too! ;) Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Robertson "My statements in this message are personal opinions [EMAIL PROTECTED] which may have no basis whatsoever in fact." _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
