Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:09:39 -0400 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how much memory does increasing max rules for IPFW take up? Message-ID: <6ADAB997-FAA4-43B8-AB57-3CC4A04F3700@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <482C0A89.104@FreeBSD.org> References: <04EA1C34-AB7D-4A85-8A91-DED03E987706@khera.org> <482C07DE.3090504@yandex.ru> <482C0A89.104@FreeBSD.org>
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On May 15, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Having said that the default tunable of 256 state entries is > probably quite low for use cases other than "home/small office NAT > gateway". The deafult on my systems seems to be 4096. My steady state on a pretty popular web server is about 400, on a busy inbound mail server, around 800 states. I need to account for peaks much higher, though. Luckily most of my connections are short-lived. Thanks for the answers!
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