Yes using patch-o-matic. there are a number of nice patches that do what you want.. -----Original Message----- From: Alexandre Hautequest [mailto:hquest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:38 AM To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Limiting connections per time Hello all. First sorry if this had already replied before, but i found nothing in ml archives. Second, sorry about my poor english. Can i use netfilter to limit a number of connections allowed in a per-time basis? Lets take this as an example: I have a UDP shoutcast server. A want to limit its external access to only one connection per IP for 30 minutes. Then i set up some rule (this rule is what i want to know if is possible and if so, how can i do this, what mods i need, and so on). Clients start to connect in (opens one *session*). Another people is opening a 2nd connection (maybe behind a NAT gw) and tries to connect in. It should block him. At the end of time, the first *session* should be automaticaly blocked again (maybe using my default DROP policy). A new connection can be accepted at this time, but not as its continuation -- i mean, start another *session*. This is what i have in mind, not actually for a shoutcast server, but is almost this situation i have. Im not subscribed, so please cc me. Again sorry for my poor english, and thanks in advance for your time. -- Alexandre Hautequest
