[nsp] Network Firewall

[Brant I. Stevens]

Yup... x86 (P3 1GHz on the 535s)


On 7/13/04 3:38 AM, "sthaug at nethelp.no" <sthaug at nethelp.no> wrote:

>>> Maybe a linux box using netfilter?
>> 
>> I second to that. A linux box has many and very interesting features
>> (at least as a firewall). Although, of course, it is not hardware
>> based. 
> 
> Define hardware based. A normal Cisco PIX (515, 525, 535), as far as I
> know, is basically a standard microprocessor (x86 architecture?) which
> does all the work in software. Now you can certainly argue that the
> software is purpose-built for its firewall tasks - but it is still
> software-based.
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
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