checkpoint utm-1 edge concurrent users

Question

I am considering to buy a UTM-1 firewall. However, I didnt get exactly what concurrent users mean. There are three models for Concurrent Users 16/32 or Unlimited. What does this mean ? How is concurrent user measured ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '11 at 00:26

2

Each seperate IP address any machine on your network tries to cross the firewall with (even if it is blocked) counts as a single user.

answered Jan 08 '11 at 00:26

JamesRyan

8,138
2
24
36

Thanks James. Do you know what happens if this limit is exceeded ? Are packets dropped or put into a wait queue or something like that ? – mete Jan 08 '11 at 20:45
It will mark those ips as blocked and log an error that you have exceeded your limit. from this handy faq http://www.cpug.org/forums/check-point-utm-1-edge-appliances/6341-utm-1-edges-faq.html – JamesRyan Jan 10 '11 at 15:50

checkpoint utm-1 edge concurrent users

1 Answers1