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[Christos Ricudis]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:42:01 +0100
Iakwbos Triantafillou <ewsforos at styx.irc.gr> wrote:
 
> >To perissotero intelligence ekei peftei sta idia ta interfaces - gi ayto kai to na les ti 8a epetrepe "to idio" hardware se ena PC den einai aplws la8os, einai KAI malakia KAI la8os.
> >
> 
> Einai lathos apo poia apopsh? Den sou eipa oti ena pc einai networking > device. Sxoliazw omws th diafora se apodosh apo ena pc pou kanei 
> firewalling (px me iptables) me ena specialised networking device. Kai > pes mou oti den einai thema optimisation ki oti me ena P3 at 1Ghz 
> me linux kai iptables tha exeis ayto to performance:
> 
> Specs apo PIX:
> 
>  Cleartext throughput: 1.7 Gbps
> 
>  Concurrent connections: 500,000
> 
>  168-bit 3DES IPsec VPN throughput: Up to 440 Mbps with VAC+ or 100 > Mbps with VAC
> 
>  128-bit AES IPsec VPN throughput: Up to 535 Mbps with VAC+
> 
>  256-bit AES IPsec VPN throughput: Up to 440 Mbps with VAC+
> 
>  Simultaneous VPN tunnels: 2000
> 
>  Processor: 1-GHz Intel Pentium III Processor 

Anoikse ena PIX kai des ti exei mesa. EINAI ENA APLO GAMWPC ME INTEL KARTES DIKTYOU - ante kai kanena "VPN Accelerator" (lege me hardware implementation tou 3DES gia to IPSEC). Peran tou gegonos oti ta advertised noumera einai safws peiragmena, to specialization tou hardware sthn periptwsh tou PIX den exei na kanei SE TIPOTE me to performance tou. *endexomenws* na exei na kanei wstoso me to gegonos oti to IOS pou trexei einai poly aplo ws leitourgiko systhma - no memory management, single address space, kai optimized gia na kanei kala th MIA kai SYGKEKRIMENH douleia - firewalling kai VPNing. 

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Christos Ricudis				ricudis at itc.auth.gr
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Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, GREECE