RV: delay when listing iptables rules

Daniel Elías Robles d.robles@codetel.net.do
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 05:15:46 -0500


This will happen with any address range that the nameserver is uneable to
resolve.

Elías
----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Graham Murray" <graham@barnowl.demon.co.uk>
Para: <netfilter@us4.samba.org>
Enviado: Domingo, 22 de Julio de 2001 01:38 a.m.
Asunto: Re: delay when listing iptables rules


"Kevin Evans" <kevin@thewalledcity.net> writes:

> I'd *guess that this is probably a result of your machine resolving IP
> addresses to hostnames when your nameserver is available (as a result of
> your internet connection being up) and not resolving them when it's
> down.

I have noticed that there is a (sometimes long) delay if you have any
rules which use IP address ranges (eg 192.168.1.0/24).