Hello , i have no experience with iptables at all ... i just want to get my problem solved , i hope you can help me How can i limit the number of connection or not limiting , let's say when the number of connections reach the ALLOWED numbers of connections it will get block for about 2 minutes or something NOTE : i want it to work for all destination ports please reply me with something helpful with out the need of re-compiling the Kernel or installing a patches Thanks in advance