Many intrusion prevention products are currently claiming they can sustain speeds of 10Gbps while still fully inspecting the data that flows through them. Upon closer inspection I am learning that several of these devices don't actually come close to that without either significant "tuning down" of the data they inspect, or the augmentation and load balancing with a second device. All of the sales personnel continue to claim 10Gbps and the infamous "best of breed." Thus far I have evaluated the presentation from Juniper and Tipping Point. Shortly, I will have either McAfee or Cisco come in to give their pitch as well.
The best part is that I am doing all of this while simultaneously evaluating Web Proxy or Secure Internet Gateway appliances. I currently have a McAfee WebWasher appliance installed and am enjoying testing it. It will be gone soon though and I will install a BlueCoat in its place for further testing.
Details to follow.
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