On Feb 12, 2008 9:47 PM, Darren Spiteri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 13, 2008 1:36 PM, David Higgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's your definition of "network performance?" > > What's your delineation between a firewall and a router? > > > I believe Ted's point is that receiving and sending packets (i.e. > > using it as an endpoint) is the job of a server, not a > > router/firewall. Routers and firewall performance is measured in how > > Firewalls that have proxy software operate as both client and server.
This is now going into the silly place. David Higgs told you what is the definition of network performance used. Why continue on insisting that yours is the one true way? By your definition, since my "firewall" has posfix running on it too, a firewall is a mailserver too. And since I have inn running on it, a firewall is a news server too? A firewall inspects and routes traffic (unless you're cisco, whose firewall can't route). The fact that *YOU* choose to add applications to it, and was measuring application network performance, which is separate and distinct from pure network performance is _your_ issue. However, you don't get to redefine what's a firewall. -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
