Re:[fw-wiz] Firewall Utilization

From: Brian Ford (brford@cisco.com)
Date: 10/15/02 

To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
From: Brian Ford <brford@cisco.com>
Date: Tue Oct 15 18:17:01 2002

Joe,

Hmm.

>After working with a few different companies firewalls, I have found
>that most are under utilized and often less expensive models could of
>sufficed.

So are you saying that most people should buy smaller, less powerful, less
capable, less expensive Firewalls? If you are lucky and you never get
probed or hacked you don't need a Firewall at all. Right?

Architecturally, shouldn't the Firewall be a part of your overall network
design and thus specified based on a wide variety of factors (more than
just average CPU and memory utilization)? If your Firewall administers
policy between a T-1 line and a 10/100 switch then you don't need GigE
interfaces. No?

I don't know if I see your point here? Where is this going?

Liberty for All,

Brian

At 03:49 PM 10/15/2002 -0400, Joe Keegan <joe@jjk3.com> wrote:

>Message: 5
>From: Joe Keegan <joe@jjk3.com>
>To: Firewall Wizards Mailing List <firewall-wizards@nfr.com>
>Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:43:22 -0700
>Subject: [fw-wiz] Firewall Utilization
>
>I was curious if anyone would be willing to share the average
>utilization (CPU/Mem) of their firewalls and the average amount of
>traffic they deal with.
>
>After working with a few different companies firewalls, I have found
>that most are under utilized and often less expensive models could of
>sufficed. If you are not willing to share your utilization details,
>could you comment on your general experience with firewall utilization.
>
>Thanks
>
>Joe
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>Joe Keegan - joe@jjk3.com - (408)242-4588
>SANS GSEC & GCFW, CCSE, CCNA, CCDA, Sun Certified

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