[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT
Tim, please refer me to where you have seen these NT comparasons to the Nokia, when I worked at Nokia, I've never seen numbers that reflected slower times on a Nokia compared with NT, I cannot imagine an NT box passing packets faster than Unix. Thanks! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Larry Pingree Sr. Security Consultant Email: [email protected] SiegeWorks Company WebSite: http://www.siegeworks.com/ Security Installation, Training and Consulting -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Holman <[email protected]> To: Tim Anderson <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT > > Redundancy yes, load balancing no. At least not yet.... > Nokia's are just PCs with fancy, small, rackmountable boxes, running > FreeBSD. > They are reliable, and can be made into a fault tolerant pair, but then so > can NT and the other platforms, + you can load share using Stonebeat. > If I had to spec up firewalls again, I'd probably choose NT, as Nokia did > seem rather expensive for the task in hand, and benchmarks show that the > Nokia platform is actually slower than the equivalent PC running NT. > Then again, I'd probably change my mind, as the Nokia's are very easy to > setup - stick them in, pre-hardened, load up firewall + the licenses and > away you go. > Saves faffing around with NT, but if you already know how to harden NT, it > doesn't take too long to faff around with it ! > Stick with what you know.... it will cost you less ! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Anderson <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 15 February 2001 16:51 > Subject: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT > > > > > > We are looking into switching our existing Firewall platform from NT/Win2K > > to Nokia. I am curious to see how those of you using Checkpoint on Nokia > > like it. > > We are hoping that this switch will lower down time and decrease > > administrative overhead. The specific model we are planning to purchase > is > > the Nokia 440. We plan to purchase two to provide load balancing and > > redundancy. > > Of course our vendor likes our plan but I want to hear from some admins > that > > are actually supporting this platform. Thanks in advance! > > > > Tim Anderson > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > > > ============================================================================ > ==== > > > > > ============================================================================ ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ============================================================================ ==== > ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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