> If iptables would have to perform a DNS lookup everytime a packet > passes, I think it would be terribly slow and probably not usable for > packetfiltering. Actually the DNS lookup is performed only once - in the time the rule is inserted/appended. If the DNS returns more than one IP per name, a number of rules is inserted with each IP returned. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html