El lun, 14-03-2005 a las 21:01 -0300, Pablo Allietti escribiÃ: > iptables can limit connections to a a port? for exmaple > > i need to permit only 3 connections to a ssh in a period of 5 minutes > > iptables can do this? Of course, do a: iptables -m limit --help The rule would be something like: iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -i <extif> -m limit --limit 5/sec -j ACCEPT with the ESTABLISHED and RELATED rules, before, obviusly. Regards. -- Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez Director Tecnico de bgSEC jkerouac@xxxxxxxxx bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos http://www.bgsec.com ESPAÃA The only people for me are the mad ones -- the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles. -- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"