Some say that isakmpd is resource intensive.  What is the recommended

hardware for a 5mb full duplex optical Internet connection that is doing

nothing but VPN.

Regards,

Chris
On 11/4/07, Chris Bullock  wrote:

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> We have been using OpenBSD my entire IT career, 5 1/2 years, I like the

> way its easy to roll out, configure and the cost the most.

>

> I would like an honest opinion of the group.  We have customers that

> maintain their own firewalls and VPNs and it appears to us that that those

> sites seem to transmit data quicker than the sites that we maintain with

> OpenBSD firewalls and VPNs, assuming identical bandwidth.  We have an

> OpenBSD VPN/firewall at our main site, so realistically, all of our data

> does transpose OpenBSD before it ultimately hits our network.

>

> My question is should I consider a non OpenBSD solutions, ie Cisco devs or

> should I attempt to tweak my existing boxes?

> Regards,

> Chris