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Subject: Re: Best way to block a long list of IPs?
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Oh, by the way: I should mention that the server is running FreeBSD
4.11. It's doing file-intensive work, and file system performance
in FreeBSD 6.x is noticeably slower.

Your message does suggest another possible solution, though. Would
blackhole routes be more efficient than using IPFW?

--Brett Glass