On 7/25/05, bright true <brighttrue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 It's difficult to solve problems when you don't have experience. =) Try looking at the recent, connlimit, and expire matches. Whether they can be used directly without recompilation depends on your distribution/installation of netfilter.