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<DIV>I have seen different firewall website and most of them shows three values regarding the performance of a firewall:-</DIV>
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<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid">Firewall Throughput</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>100 Mbps</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>100 Mbps</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>100 Mbps</TD></TR>
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<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid">VPN Throughput</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>35 Mbps</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>35 Mbps</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>35 Mbps</TD></TR>
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<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid">Concurrent Sessions</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>10,000</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>8,000</TD>
<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" align=middle>6,000</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<DIV>1) Firewall and VPN throughput, are these the values related to only TCP data or does it also include UDP throughput. Because, in my testing I was getting TCP throughput values more nearer to above mentioned results.</DIV>
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<DIV>2) "Concurrent Sessions" is it showing the connections related to a complete TCP session (Three way Handshake) and is there a way to test it through netperf?</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Yash</DIV></div><br>
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