It depends. http://kerneltrap.org/node/5607 gives part of the answer...
-Steve S. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Karsten McMinn > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OpenBSD isakmpd and pf vs Cisco PIX or ASA > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Matthew Dempsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > ... > I've benchmarked PIX 515s running 7.2 code using stateful > failover and the proprietary serial cable. Powering down > the active firewall nets about 700-750ms of downtime consistently. > How does carp fare?

