I don't agree, considering that OpenBSD firewalls often run ftp-proxy and other layer 7 relays such as hoststated and squid. You may be right that this is a red-herring in the qualified bare-bones router config, but it answered the parent poster's question.
On Feb 13, 2008 11:45 AM, Ted Unangst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/12/08, Darren Spiteri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know why or how this poorly documented sysctl works, but the > > result speaks for itself. Note the dramatic throughput increase of the > > parent. > > running netperf on a firewall is a poor test of forwarding performance.
