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WHITE PAPER April 1997 Prepared By Intranet/Groupware Solutions Group Compaq Computer Corporation CONTENTS Introduction 3 Executive Summary.......... 3 Benchmark Tools 3 NSTL Methodology of Internet Firewalls ......... 4 Configuration 4 Test Bed Setup 7 Hardware and Software Tuning Characteristics 10 Hardware Characteristics..... 10 Software Characteristics ...... 11 Base System 12 Test Configurations of the Firewall 13 Evaluation of Results 14 Tests results with HTTP and FTP Transactions.......... 14 Tests Results with HTTP Only 20 Conclusions 23 Appendix A 24 Appendix B 25 278A/0497 ... Performance Analysis and Tuning of Raptor's Eagle NT 3.06 Firewall on Compaq Servers As firewalls make their mark as a security measure used to protect intranetworks, it is not clear what is lost from network performance when security is implemented. Today, the lack of multi-protocol benchmark tools makes it difficult to determine network performance through firewalls. Since few tools are available and most are used to determine http performance, determining the loss of network performance and what can be done to improve it remains difficult. This paper looks at performance of firewalls using Raptor's Eagle NT 3.06 product on Compaq servers, and the popular protocols ftp and http. It answers questions about the level of hardware needed to address capacity planning, software tuning parameters for the system and firewall, and what to expect in performance gains and losses while incorporating a secure environment for internet connections. 1
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