Hi,
In the company I work for, we're considering setting up a Linux
firewall. I do have some experience with it, know how to create firewall
rules and such, but I've never been in the opportunity to see how well
Linux holds up as a firewall under high loads. The system we're thinking
about will have a 10Mbps incoming connection at max; We get direct
ethernet connectivity from our ISP, our ISP itself has multiple T3's
however, so most often the actual peakrate will be around multiple T3 (I
think our ISP has 3 T3's right now) load. Does anybody have any
experience in using a Linux box for this purpose in a similar
environment (or even heavier load)? Does the performance heavily depend
on how many firewall rules you add? BTW, also our own webserver plus a
fair number of customer webservers that we host will be behind the
firewall.
Thanks,
Fred
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