[techtalk] Firewalls und an off-topic Solaris question

[ktb]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:02:45AM -0700, Brian Sweeney wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Have a couple of questions for you.  First, I'm setting up a Linux box with
> 64-bit PCI Gig ethernet cards.  One SX, and one copper.  It's going to act
> as a firewall.
> 
> So, the first question is has anyone had any experience with Linux
> firewalling and Gig speeds?  Are there horrible throughput issues?  Any
> other gotchas?  I'll be testing throughput today or monday against another
> SX box, but I unfortunately don't have another gig copper box to test
> against.  Ah well.
> 
> The second question's a bit easier, and I think it's been asked before but
> not answered.  A friend of mine recently got a job as a Solaris admin (much
> to his chagrin; more like he got stuck with the job), and needs a good
> Solaris Admin book that's somewhat basic.  Any suggestions?

Try - http://docs.sun.com/
there are various sysadmin docs there.
kent

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