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 - E-mail : kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu, kadlec@sunserv.kfki.hu PGP key : http://www.kfki.hu/~kadlec/pgp_public_key.txt Address : KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics H-1525 Budapest 114, POB. 49, Hungary