Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:34:17 +0800 From: "David May" <David_May@allsolutions.com.au> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] why does my firewall degrade Web performance? Message-ID: <48256942.00072D07.00@ASPerth1.allsolutions.com.au>
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Sorry this was a bit off-topic. Perhaps I should have posted my question as "what is the performance cost of security ?" :) Thanks to everybody who made suggestions about this problem. I have not resolved it yet but number of the suggestions posted have been tried. One thing is clear from the contradictory nature of comments received so far: I need to benchmark the system to get a clearer picture of the problem. So far, it looks like the hardware and cabling are sound and firewall CPU performance is not a problem. I am waiting for the new FreeBSD 4.1 CD-ROM from Walnut Creek/BSDI so I can try the more up-to-date software but that may take another 3-4 weeks to arrive. If I find the answer I will post the results here and in freebsd-ipfw in case others find it useful. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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