On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 06:39:42PM BST, Jim Pazarena wrote: > I have been using debian as a border router, and using > iptables to "drop" connections to various IPs which hit my honeypot. > > I am wondering, if there is a point where too many iptables rules > impede the speed of the network? > > How many "drops" can I entertain, before I should look at some > other method of firewall blocking?
It shouldn't matter. Set your default policy to DROP and allow only the ones you need. Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111028135343.gb24...@linuxstuff.pl