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Those are interesting results.... thanks.
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:20:11 +0100, you wrote:
> there may be other reasons for "it really works your CPU and slows
>your system".
> I use Sygate and ZoneAlarm while daytrading. For reasons unrelated to
>this topic I measured (using Wintop) the CPU-load on March 9th, 2000
>(I do this regularly to check my systems).
> For daytrading I use my slowest and most robust PC: Celeron 333MHz
>193MB RAM, 3 screens. My daytrading session lasted about 6 hours.
>According to Wintop the CPU-usage was as follows:
>
>Idle(RAIN) 77% (that is nothing to do)
>TS_CHART.EXE 4% (TS4)
>EXPLORER.EXE 3.3%
>SGSERV.EXE 3% (Sygate)
>VSMON.EXE 2.1% (ZoneAlarm)
>POPMOUSE.EXE 2% (Mouse-Utility)
>MBM4.EXE 1.7% (MotherboardMonitor)
>DYNASTORE.EXE 1.5%
>ZONEALARM.EXE 1.4% (ZoneAlarm)
>WRBPRO.EXE 1.4% (WinRamBooster )
>DUNMON.EXE 1% (DialupNetworkMonitor)
>OR_SIG.EXE 0.6%
>PINGPLOTTER.EXE 0.5% (Traceroute-utility to check the
> quality of my broker's online system)
>
> 6.5% of the CPU-time were used by Sygate and ZoneAlarm. For me
>that's worth it.
> That my relatively slow 333MHz Celeon has not much to do is
>supported by the fact that MotherboardMonitor shows in the desktray
>most of the time(98%) a CPU-temperature of 72degreeF(or 22degreeC). If
>the CPU is really busy, it heats up to 120degreeF.
>
>Nick
>
>
>Date sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:00:37 -0800
>From: Dennis Holverstott <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: cookem@xxxxxxxxxx
>Copies to: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Better than Black Ice
>
>> > I know TONS of people waiting for NAT (network address translation)
>> > support to be added to Zone Alarm. I'll catch them up to speed.
>>
>> I wouldn't rush into it. I've quit using ZA with Sygate.
>>
>> Biggest problem is it really works your CPU and slows your system down.
>> ZA seems to be constantly probing Sygate, even when you aren't connected
>> to the internet and CPU usage for Sygate is constantly spiking up over
>> 50%. Internet apps on the Sygate server machine are noticeably sluggish.
>> There seems to be no performance penalty on the Sygate clients.
>>
>> The other problem, although I don't consider it as serious is the level
>> of protection doesn't seem as high for the Sygate client machines. Any
>> internet app on the server machine gets quizzed by ZA and you have to
>> give permission before it can run the first time. It seems to consider
>> any app on the client machines to be just one app - Sygate. So
>> conceivably a virus could dial home from a client machine without
>> getting caught. My main concern is outside hack attacks and all the
>> machines run in full stealth mode so I wouldn't worry about that one too
>> much if it didn't hit the server performance so badly.
>>
>> --
>> Dennis
>>
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