One more article... on Security hardware:
zdnet.com
"Dedicated hardware for network security is winning converts for three
main reasons.
First, it improves network performance because encryption-based security processes can bog down a network. The DES (Data Encryption Standard), for example, can require as much as 25 times more processing power than a regular IP packet, according to Infonetics
Research Inc., in San Jose, Calif.
Second, because the technology is so complex and at the same time
increasingly strategic, administrators aren't willing to risk problems that can arise when integrating new software into existing products.
Third, some network managers believe it's simply safer to keep
encryption information separate from the rest of the network....
"Thomas Haigh, chief technologist at software vendor Secure Computing
Corp., in Roseville, Minn. "The lower [in the network stack] that you
can put a security mechanism, the harder it is to bypass."
How low can you go? Well, you can't get much lower than the wavemeter!
We are onto the right track.
CJ |
