Objective

The objective of the engagement was to solve a number of problems being seen in the current Internet egress design. The problems were the result of the current system being created piecemeal without a central design. Over the 10+ years of its existence, many hands were involved in building the system, and the fingerprints of those individuals could be seen in all its facets. The system was a combination of Cisco, Checkpoint, Websense, Nokia, Extreme, and a host of other minor devices. The more pressing issues of the old system were: