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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tech.cftnet.com!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!a2i!rahul.net!a2i!news.clark.net!news.clark.net!not-for-mail From: mjr@clark.net (Marcus J. Ranum) Newsgroups: comp.security.firewalls,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q]: Measuring performance Date: 11 Feb 1996 10:03:11 -0500 Organization: V-ONE Corporation Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4fl0ff$cfm@clark.net> References: <4fj143$q78@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: explorer.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.security.firewalls:1344 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14061 >I am currently doing a project on performance measurment of firewalls. So am I. Slowly. :) >Is there any public domain software out there that could make my life >easier? (something that would possibly send different packets back and >forth and do some timing and/or count dropped packets etc...). Check http://www.v-one.com/pubs/perf I'm trying to establish a reasonable methodology for doing some meaningful testing. There's also a (moderated) mailing list on the topic on greatcircle.com - send mail to majordomo@greatcircle.com saying "subscribe firewalls-performance" to join. mjr. -- Chief Scientist, V-ONE Corporation -- "Security for a connected world" work http://www.v-one.com personal http://www.clark.net/pub/mjr/mjr-top.html