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NSS Labs performed comprehensive testing of the McAfee Network Security Platform, model M-8000 (software v4.1) against NSS' Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (NIPS) testing methodology v5.22.
The results are in. And McAfee aced the test.
The M-8000 is a true 10Gbps IPS, providing excellent performance coupled with extremely low latency under all normal traffic conditions. NSS Labs observed throughput in excess of 10Gbps in all UDP tests as well as in both Datacenter and Perimeter "Real World" traffic mixes. The device ably supported over 11Gbps of traffic with the larger HTTP response sizes (21KB) and lower connections per second (5,000 CPS per Gigabit of traffic) found on typical corporate networks.
In NSS' most stressful connections per second tests, the M-8000 was able to achieve 314,000 TCP CPS and exceed 145,000 HTTP CPS, thus enabling us to reach 10Gbps+ maximum throughput with our real-world tests. We also found the M-8000 to be very stable and reliable, coping with our extensive reliability tests with ease.
The security effectiveness of the M-8000 was nearly perfect in all categories, catching 618 of 622 exploits (99.4%). The product had no trouble identifying attacks, even when obfuscated using a wide range of evasion techniques.
NSS says that the M-8000 is a very fast, flexible, and accurate Network Intrusion Prevention System and should be on everyone's short list for 10 Gbps Internal Datacenter, E-commerce Datacenter, and Corporate Perimeter protection.
Download the report yourself and see why NSS, as well as current McAfee Network Security Platform customers are so delighted with the performance and accuracy of the industry's leading IPS.
