Re: ip_conntrack_max

[Fallucchi Antonio <fallucch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> <>
> This is difficult. I think we should start by asking "what do you mean 
> by a
> connection?" Remember that many web browsers, for example, will open 5-10
> simultaneous connections in order to load all the elements of a web page.
> DNS needs its own connections in order to do name lookups. Some 
> connections
> are long-term (eg: telnet, ssh - even when you're not typing, the 
> connection
> is still there), some are very transient (eg: http - once you have the 
> page
> displayed, there's no connection between your browser and the server 
> until
> you click on another hyperlink).
Thancks for the instruction..

> <>Why do you want to limit connections per machine? What are you 
> trying to
> achieve?
The problem are the P2P software that create any connection on the 
conntrack..
Because filter all p2p port is very difficult, I thought that to limit 
the number of simultaneous connection
is a gooa idea..

> That sounds fine.   Tell us if you get "connection tracking table full" errors 
> again.
>
> Regards,
>
> Antony.
>
>  
Bye

ps: it's ok the signature now?

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