[Sderby] Re: Bad internet speed only on one www page

[Sam Styles]

>Personally, with a Linux machine and a dialup connection, I wouldn't bother
>with a firewall at all, assuming the Linux machine in question didn't
>have particularly sensitive data or a business-critical function of some
kind.

>If you do want to use one though, and it IS the firewall that's causing the
>problem, it's better to find out what's causing the jam and fixing it than
>disabling it manually for a particular page.  If we can identify whether
your
>firewall is stopping the page from loading properly, although actually that
>seems unlikely to me - then that would be a good start.  The shorewall
config
>files are fairly easy to follow and debug.

>James

Thanks for your help James, I'll do a few bits and bobs with it tonight and
let you know if I succeed. I don't keep any sensitive data on PC and it
certainly isn't business critical!

Cheers

Sam

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