$ipt -A SSH_Brute_Force -m recent ! --rcheck --name SSH --seconds 60 > --hitcount 3 -j RETURN -j RETURN didn't work here. It was blocking all my ssh connections, so i used ACCEPT and its working now. On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:20 +0200, Brent Clark wrote: > $ipt -A SSH_Brute_Force -m recent ! --rcheck --name SSH --seconds 60 > > --hitcount 3 -j RETURN