Hello , Thanks for your reply , but can you give me the link of the patch i have to apply Thank You On 5/21/05, Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 06:08:59AM +0300, bright true wrote: > > Hello , > > How can i set the Max number of allowed tcp connections from the same ip > > address ??? > > if the current ip has more than the allowed number of connections the > > server will drop or reject the new connections > > untill it gets an empty space to connect > > if there's any rule i can set for this (please provide me with the way > to > > remove the rule also) > > the way to do this correctly is to apply the connlimit patch from PoM, > and use a rule like (using SMTP as an example and 4 conns): > > iptables -A [INPUT|FORWARD] -p tcp --syn --dport 25 \ > -m connlimit --connlimit-above 4 -j REJECT > > this will result in any individual IP being allowed to make up to 4 > simultaneous connections. > > you delete rules by replacing the '-A' with a '-D' > > -j > > -- > "Peter: Brothers and sisters fighting is as natural as a white mans > dialog in a Spike Lee movie." > --Family Guy > >
