Any data on how the firewall itself withstands SYN attacks? How much resources are needed to cope with a real attack? From what I've read in their white paper it's just a piece of SYN-processing code that was duplicated (functionally) in the gateway, so all concerns about resource usage and speed seem to be still valid. Dima Richard Stiennon writes:
Check out the elegant solution just announced by Checkpoint:
http://www.checkpoint.com/fw21/syndefender/syndefender-white.html
This is a firewall solution. I like the psuedo-NAT done to adjust sequence number. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Stiennon richards@netrex.com Director, Business Development http://www.netrex.com Netrex, Inc. Voice: 810-352-9643 Southfield, Michigan Fax: 810-352-2375 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Providing businesses and organizations with secure Internet solutions.