I'm using a modified version of the below iptables sample configuration script:
http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/scripts/rc.firewall_010.txt The only mods I have made are in allowing ssh, www, and ftp connections. Connections in and out of the firewall seem pretty quick with no noticable delay but requests for web pages (behind the firewall) result in slow response. For example, we have a page that has about 15 graphics for the menu and each graphic takes some time to load. I'd say from the moment I refresh the page until it completes loading is about 7 seconds. When I turn off iptables, it's instantaneous. Apache is not doing hostname lookups. I've researched this problem here in these archives and on Dejanews for some time now but have yet to find a solution. The only thing I can attribute the slowness too is my server attempting to to ident lookups on the requesting host. Has anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? I'll be happy to post my script or answer any additional queries. Thanks. Jim -- Jim Serio - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
