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    switches no longer just layer 2&3!?

    APRIL 12, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Foundry Networks Inc. today will announce modular and stackable switches for Layer 4-7 tasks, with a particular focus on corporate security requirements.
    San Jose-based Foundry will launch two modular switches dubbed ServerIron 450 and ServerIron 850 and a stackable device called ServerIron GT.

    The products are designed to deter denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, company officials said. The modular switches deliver up to 320,000 Layer 4 connections per second, a speed that improves their ability to identify whether a transmission is permitted. That translates to protection against more than 4 million DoS attack packets per second, the officials said.
    http://www.computerworld.com/printth...,92106,00.html

    Very very cool! I wish I had the cashflow to get my hands on some of the newer security devices coming out.

    I'm still trying to justify upgrading my cisco 806 to a 831 (way better security).
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    Good Stuff!
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    450: $34,995 850: $38,995
    Wish I had that much cash too... Very cool though.
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    they've even got spiffy test results posted on the foundrynet page

    bathroom reading!!!

    http://www.foundrynet.com/products/w.../appnotes.html
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