On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:43:05AM -0600, Tib wrote: > Ok, I've done some fiddling but still have some issues. I went with some > recommendations on what people said and here's what I have. The first > three rules of my startup set are as follows: > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 22 -m state \ > --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --destination-port 22 -m limit \ > --limit 15/hour --limit-burst 5 this rule doesn't jump anywhere; therefore it is a non-terminating match and all packets will continue on to... > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --destination-port 22 -j DROP ...the rule that drops all inbound ssh traffic. try adding a "-j ACCEPT" to the limit rule. -j -- "That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!" --The Simpsons