Re: Building a Gigabit firewall

[twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>]

I remember someone using Hammerhead about 9 months ago
but I haven't used it myself and it only goes to port
80 I think.  Not sure but a sourceforge lookup will
tell you for sure.  Otherwise ... more porn can't
hurt.


--- Ralph Forsythe <rforsythe@centerone.com> 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.
> 
> -rf


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