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Outbound TCP Service Demand
Figure 6 and Table 6 show the service demand for 512, 1024, and 8192 byte outbound packets.
Figure 6 Outbound TCP Service Demand
Outbound TCP Service Demand
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
512 1024 8192
Packet Size (Bytes)
Service Demand (us/KB)
No IPFilter
IPFilter without Rules
IPFilter with Rules
Table 6 Outbound TCP Service Demand
Packet Size Service Demand
without IPFilter
(μs/KB)
Service Demand with
IPFilter and No Rules
(μs/KB)
Service Demand with
IPFilter Rules (μs/KB)
512 9.037 11.139
(23.26% increase)
12.612
(39.56% increase)
1024 6.962 7.38
(6.00% increase)
8.846
(27.06% increase)
8192 4.2 4.921
(17.17% increase)
5.789
(37.83% increase)