[ale] Iptables slowness

[Gary MacKay]

Try listing the rules with, what is it, the -n parameter? My guess is
the DNS lookups are what is causeing it to list slow.

- Gary

Bob Kruger wrote:
> 
> Earlier this week I compiled and installed IP Tables for a Slackware
> v7.1 (Kernel 2.4.5) server.  I also recompiled the kernel to be able to
> run IPTables.  All parts were compiled into the kernel and are not
> loaded as modules.
> 
> IP Tables started up and ran the first time flawlessly.  The command
> iptables -L would give me a listing of my rule instantly.  After
> rebooting the system, I've found that iptables -L command will list out
> the rule sets, but it takes 10 or so minutes to list out the 20 rules.
> This is exponentially slower than it was before.
> 
> Any ideas as to what may be causing this?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
> 
> Regards - Bob Kruger
> 
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