[CentOS] Optimizing CentOS for gigabit firewall

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sun Dec 20 16:18:17 UTC 2009


Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> 
> That part about high-core speed for OpenBSD pf is definitely on. The 
> multi-processor part...not too sure. Maybe with NUMA systems like what 
> you get on AMD Opteron platforms.
>

Don't both iptables and pf bypass the filters for established TCP connections 
(making the filtering speed only rarely relevant)?

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   Les Mikesell
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