Slowwwww Connections

Hello,

Can someone give me some suggestions as to how to speed up my ftp
performance.? I have just set up a new server using an IPTABLE firewall on
RedHat 9 and the Proftpd software. It is excruciatingly slow to connect and
disconnect. I was using RedHat 9 and proftp on the previous incarnation of
this server and it was fine. The difference here is the IPTABLEs and the
updated RedHat OS. Nothing else has really changed. It is even slow to
connect with SSH!

Here is my iptable rule in case that helps. Could it be the flag settings?
(Would someone be so kind as to elaborate on those settings i.e. why are
they used and what if you do not use them?)

ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           tcp dpt:ftp
flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           tcp dpt:ssh
flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN

Where do I start looking here?

As always, thanks for any help.

Cheers

Dave

David Filchak
President - Zuka Inc.
art | technology | strategy | solutions
www.zuka.net | www.screamingmedia.ca
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