RE: Line Speed

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:43:56 -0600

Check these out too:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837572

I don't think turning off logging is great idea, but you can customize
firewall policy to not log garbage NetBIOS broadcast traffic and other
things you discover during your ISA firewall log hunts.

Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thor (Hammer of God) [mailto:thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:19 PM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] Line Speed
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> 
> OK-- Now that I've got the new layout down, I have a Q regarding what 
> precautions I should take in preparing my client-server segmentation.
> 
> As it is now, I've got all my servers in my rack in their own gigabit 
> switch.  Clients systems come into 2 other gigabit switches 
> which uplink to 
> the server switch.
> 
> I'm going to deploy an ISA 2004 box in between the servers 
> and the clients 
> (as described in my previous email about minimum protocol 
> lists).  This box 
> will have 2 gigabit NIC's-- one to the client switch (considered the 
> "External" network) and one to the server switch (The 
> "internal" network.)
> 
> My immediate concern is speed-- while I've read/heard that 
> 2004 is close to 
> wire speed, are there any considerations I should be aware of 
> given the fact 
> that I'm putting this guy in between my clients and servers?  
> While I've got 
> a million deployments of DMZ/Edge configs, the obvious 
> bottleneck is the 
> internet pipe.  Any secret info for an in-line production 
> config regarding 
> throughput speeds?
> 
> I'm prepared to find out the hard way (which is really how I learn 
> everything) but if there are some tips, I'd like them sooner 
> than later. ;)
> 
> t
> 
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