Filter Usage

Cassandra Perkins (cassy@loop.com)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 18:34:49 -0700 (PDT)

I'm concerned about the overhead involved in using filters. Can anyone
explain how the portmaster scan through filter rules when applying them
to packets, whether it's done linearly or if some type of hash table is
used. Is there a suggested limit to the number of rules per interface.

Thanks in advance.

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