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Date:      28 Sep 1998 17:48:35 +0200
From:      dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
To:        Tomaz Borstnar <tomaz.borstnar@over.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: performance comparision of ipfilter and ipfw
Message-ID:  <xzpaf3kme5o.fsf@bergelmir.ifi.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Tomaz Borstnar's message of "Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:26:12 %2B0200"
References:  <199809220726.AAA07687@hub.freebsd.org>

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Tomaz Borstnar <tomaz.borstnar@over.net> writes:
> 	Anyone did testing on performance of IPFW and IPFilter? From feature list
> it looks like IPfilter has better interface and more features, but what
> about perfomance? Also what kind of machine would you suggest for firewall?
> As fast as possible CPU, 256MB RAM and plenty of disk?

A 486DX2/66 with snappy NICs, a 100 MB disk and 16 MB RAM oughta be enough.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no

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