From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 13 16:24:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD8A81065675 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espartano.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f159.google.com (mail-ew0-f159.google.com [209.85.219.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A4C8FC19 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:24:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espartano.mail@gmail.com) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so880455ewy.43 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 09:24:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cwT3sW/nwvIYLnQkZ2l3CBi+fIXLvZngmxssbalkKT8=; b=kwhAnr4eCWelc/skcWSSxkCFsR69XJdHvC24imTZcodzSRCDu7nQATV22NNt+gP0UT lLScLXgA513npRZFKBuiKatF8L++fKisqWQ331GHrQtebRV3esNITFy3oyBd9pjwV0G2 niHXtlx77HMfqid0xCx8lj9a0O56fbtdXd1D8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=dIZje1YeOrWuWrkfe06nak2FL/5qkEe6D7eU0OIh1g6AisOgvQQ7XbON98Wb4vZBGZ /ZFdYb40PJsj5A0J8W+zbl6mUL5TowugQm23JJGR/SZuYCRS5/wz9euISbjPbCbbsArM bx4FnCay4bcilQxjk0BewHvMsCnhEm6fdLV4c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.52.204 with SMTP id e54mr483208wec.171.1242230563486; Wed, 13 May 2009 09:02:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 11:02:43 -0500 Message-ID: From: Espartano To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Question about numbers of connections X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter \(pf\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:24:44 -0000 Hi folks, I have a question about PF over FreeBSD. I would like to know how many connections can manage pf with 256 Mb of ram, I think that PF can manage a lot of connections because it only needs to negotiate the firts package of the connection then it would acept or deny the rest of connection's packages, but I don't sure if my thinks are right or not, anybody could say me if my argument is right or not? I have an Alix machine based in Geode LX800 processor with 256 Mb of ram, and I would like to know if I can do a firewall (PF) with my alix machine and put it in a place with a lot of traffic without troubles. Sorry for my english it's very poor :( Thanks a lot. -- "Linux is for people who hate Windows, BSD is for people who love UNIX". "Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing." My personal webblog http://people.linuxreal.org/espartano/blog/ Sent from Cordoba, Ver, Mexico