[KLUG Members] A plea for firewall ideas

[Bruce Smith]

> >If you have ideas for firewall distros for  heavy use (sorry, smoothwall 
> >and the like won't cut it), let me know. ...
> 
> Yes, I'd like to see more about this. What limits do you see, Adam? I agree
> with the "other" Adam [Williams] that you've gotta be pumpin' SOME packets
> to swampp this stuff...
> 
> Also, (From some lurking DL developer) ... why wouldn't DL face the same 
> limits?

I also am confused about the "limits".  Linux is Linux, if it's
smoothwall, Devil-Linux, Debian, SuSE, or whatever.  

If a slow Pentium 100-200 Mhz machine can firewall a full T1 without
much noticeable increase in load average, then why can't a slightly
faster machine firewall a much larger pipe?

Or does "limits" refer to some piece of required software not included
in smoothwall/ipcop?

 - BS