Portsentry and iptables

[Bill Johnson <wejohnson usa net>]

I am running RH 7.1, and have iptables running via Firestarter.   I also
have Portsentry running.  Is there any reason why I need Portsentry?  I
ask because it is eating a huge percentage of CPU, and spewing out tons of
messages.  With iptables in place, is it giving me any extra protection or
is it just redundant?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Bill
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