Re: Building a Gigabit firewall

[Alex de Joode <usura@zedz.net>]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:35:27PM -0700, Ralph Forsythe wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Alex de Joode wrote:
> 
> >
> > Last week I've setup a Dell 1550 which will act as a corporate firewall,
> > for an organisation that has a GigE link to the internet. Usage normally
> > is very low so top performance wasn't needed (and isn't tested for).
> >
> >..........
> >
> > We haven't tested throughput, but if someone can suggest a
> > 'testsuite' I'm willing to test the box and post some stats.
> 
> Remind the users they have IE and how to use it.  Give them flash plugins
> and a list of cool-looking sites.  Presto!  Instant high bandwidth
> utilization.  Just sit back and get the stat counters once in a while. =)
> 
> For some reason it seems like the popularity of surfing porn sites at
> work has gone down in the past couple of years ... Pity since every time a
> user opens one of those it pops up 19 other windows full of graphics.

We will be streaming the royal wedding (in holland) as a first test to see
if it holds out a bit.

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