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From: Samuel Jean <sj-netfilter@cookinglinux.org>
Subject: Re: Performance isues related to a large number of iptables rules
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:32:46 -0500
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To: henry <info@intellitree.com>
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henry wrote:
> Does anyone know what the real numbers are, and 
> what numbers are feasible and what numbers aren't?
> 

Not me. But if blocking large amount of subnets and host addresses is
your issue here. Only one rule is sufficient. See ipset 2.0

http://people.netfilter.org/kadlec/ipset/

Sorry if am out of topic.

Samuel