* Florin Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-17 00:16]: > HOLY SH*T! I tried 4.2. It rocks! > > Just the first test that I tried after installing it: > - switched gigabit network > - web server behind 1:1 NATing firewall > - firewall is AMD64 X2 2.4GHz > - downloading 2GB file via HTTP through the firewall in infinite loop > - flooding the firewall with small UDP packets, random source IPs, > generated as fast as my workstation (AMD64 X2 6400, Intel Pro/1000 PCI > Express card, Linux Fedora 7, running the kernel-level "pktgen" packet > generator which is very fast) can crank them out. The packets are directed > to the NATed address of the web server, to a port that's blocked by the > firewall. > > Under these conditions, OpenBSD 4.1 as a firewall just keels over and dies. > All traffic through the firewall just stops in an instant. > Linux 2.6.18 fares slightly better, the current download finishes up, but > another one won't start. > > But the default OpenBSD 4.2 i386 uniprocessor kernel doesn't seem to care.
lovely :) -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
