Re: [suse-security] Stopping firewall2 takes long time

Hi,

When I stop SuSEfirewall2 (this happens when the pc is shut down) it takes a very long time, about 15 minutes to finish.

Does anyone knows what can be the problem?

I have SuSEfirewall2, iptables v1.2.4 and a cable modem connection.

Sounds like a DNS problem. Based on the above scenario and assuming start-up does not have this problem:- 1) Have you used FQDNs in the config? If you have, I'm guessing your ISP link has gone down and iptables is busy trying to resolve the names but has no DNS server to respond. If this occurs on startup as well:- 2) Look for an error in the config which results in the lookup of a non-existent name. HTH John