Re: Is a DMZ necessary?

From: Somebody. (somebody._at_spamout.russdoucet.com)
Date: 10/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:06:09 -0400

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:1ZA4f.54137$Hs.2529@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
> In article <xKv4f.20209$p5.9329@nnrp.ca.mci.com!nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
> somebody.@spamout.russdoucet.com says...

>> > I hate to say this, but many firewalls, not those cheap NAT routers,
>> > will easily do 100mbps between jacks on the firewall while protecting
>> > the network.
>>
>> Not if they're doing anything more interesting like Intrusion Prevention
>> or
>> Gateway AntiVirus. Simple port filtering can often be done at those
>> rates -- but I think if you check the specs, you'll be surprised how many
>> of
>> them are *not* capable of 100Mpbs of firewall throughput, even if they do
>> have 100Mbps interfaces.
>>
>> Why don't you cite us some examples, of your sub $1000 firewall that can
>> do
>> 100Mbps of firewall throughput?
>
> Look at WatchGuard appliances and see what you think.
>
>

I don' t know the lineup -- which ones in particular are you suggesting?
The family names aren't especially evocative to me.

-Russ.