messages in /var/log/message file

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On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Arindam Haldar wrote:

> Oct  9 12:26:31 ICG kernel: ip_conntrack: max number of expected
> connections 1 of ftp reached for <ipA> -> <ipB>, reusing
> Oct  9 12:27:12 ICG kernel: ip_conntrack: max number of expected
> connections 1 of ftp reached for <ipA> -> <ipB>, reusing
>
> these messages are piling the message file.
> am cusrious now why so ?.. what does this message signify ?

It means, that the FTP client in question sends new PORT/PASV commands
without establishing the data channel. The ip_conntrack_ftp module
registers the new request by overwriting the previous one and logs the
problem.

Regards,
Jozsef
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