hello Dufresne, Problem solved after I added ... UseReverseDNS off IdentLookups off to proftpd.conf as Michael Gale suggested Thanks and regards Askar On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:51:56 -0500 (EST), R. DuFresne <dufresne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What kind of latencies are you observing? any time one puts a firewall > into the miix, or encryption there is agont to be an increase in latency. > Add state tracking and increase the latency level, add large rules sets, > and increase the latency level, ftp via ssh'ed connections, add latency, > hope from one system to another hitting firewall boundries and adding > ssh'ed connections up the latency level. Try and connect to a server that > is running with a sysload on the high end, add latency as the remote > server needs to deal with interupts. > > The question though is, are the latencies you are observing out of norm? > <see question 1 above> > > Thanks, > > Ron DuFresne > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Askar wrote: > > > hi list > > > > we are running ftp "proftpd" server it takes times when a user > > connects to ftp server however when I flush the iptables rules > > connection doesn't takes time, iptables firewall on the same machine, > > default policies are DROP, > > firewall script is very straight forward > > > > rules > > . > > . > > # Using Connection State to By-pass Rule Checking > > iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > > iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > > iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > > . > > . > > .iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 20:21 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT > > . > > . > > > > # Load the FTP connection state helper module. > > modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp > > # Load the FTP NAT module. > > modprobe ip_nat_ftp > > > > any idea? > > > > regards > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com > http://sysinfo.com > > ...Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to rules. > The most any of us can do is sign on as it's accomplice. Instead > of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. > That would mean that security is out of the question. The words > "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no > strings attached. I love you for free... > -Tom Robins <Still Life With Woodpecker> > > -- I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams