Hi, The documentation about DisableExternalCache reads: <<< [...] You can also use this option with the NOTRACK and ALARM modes. This increases CPU consumption in the backup firewall but now you do not need to commit the flow-states during the master failures since they are already in the in-kernel Connection Tracking table. Moreover, you save memory in the backup firewall since you do not need to store the foreign flow-states anymore. >>> However, the config parser doesn't allows it. Patch seems rather trivial: diff --git a/src/read_config_yy.y b/src/read_config_yy.y index 73fabbf..d53aa70 100644 --- a/src/read_config_yy.y +++ b/src/read_config_yy.y @@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ sync_mode_alarm_line: refreshtime | purge | relax_transitions | delay_destroy_msgs + | disable_external_cache ; sync_mode_ftfw_list: However, there seems to be some missing bits somewhere, the backup node prints this in the logs: [...] [Thu Aug 27 12:49:46 2015] (pid=15176) [ERROR] inject-add2: No such file or directory Thu Aug 27 12:49:46 2015 tcp 6 17949 ESTABLISHED src=192.162.26.14 dst=192.168.5.134 sport=39089 dport=2015 [ASSURED] mark=0 [Thu Aug 27 12:49:56 2015] (pid=15176) [ERROR] inject-add2: No such file or directory Thu Aug 27 12:49:56 2015 tcp 6 17949 ESTABLISHED src=192.162.26.14 dst=192.168.5.134 sport=39089 dport=2015 [ASSURED] mark=0 [...] Note, always the same connection. In my busy test environment, this ENOENT happens every few seconds Perhaps a race condition somewhere? I would appreciate any hint/advice/pointer. -- Arturo Borrero González -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html