On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 22:22 +1200, peter mcgregor wrote:

> 
> This  may point towards  iptables stopping top(and everything else) in 
> some way.



> 
> I do not know why my server is freezing, but I am assuming it is because 
> iptables has run amok and has locked up the kernel.
> 
> Is this a good assumption?

I doubt it.

> 
> Is it a shorewall problem or an iptables problem?

Not enough information to say.

> 
> What can I do about it?

Have you configured a STARTUP_LOG in shorewall.conf? If not, you should
so you can see all of the Shorewall messages being generated at the time
of the hang. I would also recommend upgrading to the latest version of
Shorewall, as yours is almost two years old.

-Tom
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