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Subject: Re: loading lot of rules takes very long time
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Artis Caune wrote:

> So I belive our rules design is not ok, but we can
> do nothing about it!

Because you need the eggs?

> ipfw need about 25-35min to load 30000 rules.

30000?  I'm suspicious of any ruleset with more than 300.
I suppose if this is just an academic exercise, have fun.