On Thursday 04 April 2002 4:51 pm, Ted Fines wrote: > I'm using IPTables 1.2.4 on Kernel 2.4.18. > > How many rules can I have in my firewall before it starts to slow network > traffic down? As in, given a firewall processor of X running at Y > Megahertz, with two 100Mbit NICs, anything over Z rules really gets slow.
If you've got two NICs, that means one on the inside, one on the outside. What speed is your external connection ? I'm prepared to bet that *any* Linux box you're likely to install will far outperform the speed of the link you've got, therefore just Go For It. Antony.
