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Siteminder and PIX firewalls

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by dbarry98

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Any known compatibility issues with Siteminder and Cisco PIX firewalls? There is no documentation anywhere to suggest, but after narrowing down the root cause of latency going to our web apps this may be an area causing the issue.

Testing theaccess to our apps from inside the firewall using Siteminder is lightening fast; however, sitting just outside the firewall we get quite a slow down.

Any suggestions?

Thank for your help,
Dave

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by ann777

I'm not familiar with Siteminder, but I've used the Cisco PIX.

It's not uncommon for access through the firewall (ie from "outside") to be slower, than internal access to webservers. The PIX's job is to check traffic.... just by virtue of the PIX traffic flowing through (checking whether that traffic is allowed).... the PIX could be part of the problem (I'm thinking that your "internal" access is not actually being routed through the PIX).

What does Siteminder do? How many concurrent users do you have on your webserver(s)? How much RAM do you have in your PIX? Was outside access better before Siteminder?

by dbarry98

I appreciate your comments and willingness to help. At this time I'm really looking for a security guru to find a needle in a haystack. Tickets open with both vendors, but have to find a fix soon.

Thanks though.

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