On May 12, 2011, at 12:09 AM, phocean wrote: > I still don't see how the hell the typical web server will handle as much > traffic as one of these Checkpoint, Cisco or whatever monsters.
That's the dread secret - they aren't really 'monsters'. > But on a large network with inter-vlan filtering, it matters a lot. Believe > me, this one is based on my operational experience. Size <> complexity, complexity <> size. They are orthogonal concepts. Small networks can be complex, large networks can be simple. > I still trust more the network stack of a Linux/BSD/IOS dedicated box than > the one of a Windows Server. Sure - but that has nothing to do with the 'sanity checks' and 'inspectors', which are custom-coded. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> The basis of optimism is sheer terror. -- Oscar Wilde _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
