At 05:26 PM 2/28/02 +0000, Steve Leach wrote:
>Below is a link to a Network News test review of the Gnatbox GB1000 
>hardware up against a number of it's peers.
>It performs fairly badly in the tests - especially in the dropoff sessions 
>area, but gets good marks for features.
>
>http://www.networknews.co.uk/Products/Hardware/1129400#reviews
>
>I am not attacking the GB1000 - it has proven a robust and cost effective 
>firewall for us, and indeed that is still the case.
>I wonder though, is the GB1000 falling behind a little in terms of it's 
>scalability, I mean, if you were looking for a solution, and read that 
>report today  - would you choose the GB1000?

let's be fair here.  here were the two recommendations:

watchguard 4500 prices run somewhere over $7000 US
netscreen 208   list price in the neighborhood of $15000 US

not boosting gb here, but i frankly wonder at the utility of an article 
that compares products with
such a wide range of price and performance.  it's also a little 
disappointing that the article didn't
mention the gb-flash option - if the cpu in the gb-1000 isn't good enough, 
build your own box with,
say, a P4/1.8GHZ box or whatever.




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