Re: [Nolug] Using Intel or AMD for a VPN gateway..

Thou spake:
>I will be building a custom VPN gateway that should support IPSec and PPTP
>using either Linux or FreeBSD for a client. Has anyone benchmarked or read
>of benchmarks comparing how well new Intel chips compare to new AMD chips
>for VPN loads? Any recommendations? I will be performing my own tests, but
>if there is information already out there I would like to read it.

For what it's worth, the freeswan docs state that a 468-66 with 32 MB of ram
is able to encrypt a full T1. In light of that, I'd go with whatever you
liked best.

--Joey
>
>Thanks!
>
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>Puryear Information Technology
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