On 16 Mar 2002, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 14:27, Mike Burger wrote: > > On 16 Mar 2002, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > Doesn't really change my point. There's only so much bandwidth > > > available to the PCI bus. The PC architecture isn't going to process an > > > infinite number of packets. Your very expensive switches have > > > backplanes that can transfer gigabits of data per second. > > > > Your very expensive switches, however configurable they may be, though, > > are not firewalls...stateful or otherwise. > > Switches/routers/firewalls... Their hardware is more specialized, and > geared toward throughput.
Switches, yes. Most firewalls are PCs with PCI NICs in a big box. > > In all honesty, aren't all firewalls truly some sort of computer with > > multiple NICs and a program that interprets and rejects or allows traffic > > to pass? > > Yep. Yup. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
