Re: Optimizing CentOS for gigabit firewall

[Christopher Chan <christopher.chan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> 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)?
> 

Yeah, IF you set up the rules right. On that score, i think openbsd has 
a certain order iirc so you cannot go wrong there...but with iptables 
and netfilter...heh.
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