Re: Q: ipchains and limitations in (accounting) rules

Friedrich Lobenstock (fl@fl.priv.at)
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 23:05:54 +0200

Frank Bernard wrote:
>
> I've set up a complex firewall with ipchains with more then 800 rules.
> No performance tradeoff yet.
>

I already have 1024 accounting rules in action but in the worst case I might
end up with about 260000. In reality I think I'll need about 2048. But
in the worst case...

It's good to know your limits.

MfG / Regards
Friedrich

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