Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:34:30 +1000 (Australia/NSW) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: David_May@allsolutions.com.au (David May) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] why does my firewall degrade Web performance? Message-ID: <200008210234.MAA10347@cairo.anu.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <48256942.00072D07.00@ASPerth1.allsolutions.com.au> from "David May" at Aug 21, 2000 10:34:17 AM
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In some mail from David May, sie said: > > > 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. I doubt very much if the end-result of going from whatever you are on now to what come with 4.1 will result in a performance boost. If anything, there will be more features exacting a larger performance hit :-) Darren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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