Re: [fw-wiz] Maximum number of subnets on a firewall

From: Paul Robertson (proberts_at_patriot.net)
Date: 01/31/04

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    To: Paolo Supino <paolo@telmap.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:52:09 -0500 (EST)

    On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Paolo Supino wrote:

    > Hi
    >
    > The following story and question aren't product specific so please don't
    > try to attach it to any available product: I was asked to plan a network for
    > a group of 3 companies (all located in the same building and want to use the
    > same infrastracture). From gathering the requirements of each of the
    > companies I've concluded that all of them together will need 10 subnets
    > (including the subnet that is connected to the internet). Since the biggest
    > number of subnets per firewall that I ever installed was 6. Setting up 10
    > subnets on 1 firewall (to me) seems too much for me so I'm looking for a way
    > to have the 10 networks on 2 (or 3) different firewalls. If you have any
    > suggestions on a possible layout I'd be very happy to read it.

    I used to put 3 Sun QFE cards into Ultra2 systems all the time to do proxy
    firewalls. These days though, I'd probably give each company its own
    firewall, then put those behind something with a fairly generic common set
    of rules.

    Paul
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