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Old 07-27-2006, 10:36 AM  
Spudstr
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Originally Posted by SinisterStudios
I agree, we have one of our checkpoint firewalls runs on a dual 2.4ghz xeon ibm server and there is never any load on that box even though we push alot of traffic through it. A system like you described is a bit overkill

checkpoint runs native on splat boxes or Nokia IP boxes. Checkpoint wont create a high load as long as your doing basic FW/Natting. Start doing heavy amounts of VPN traffic through the tunnels. Watch your load creep on up

big cpu is only needed really when your dealing with encryption/decrption and depending on the keys.

Checkpoing FTW! but i still prefer the netscreens overall.
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