I'm not sure if that can be done with the netfilter itself. You could always get a script into crontab to check if the rule is matched (iptables ... -L -n -v will show you number of packets matched by the rule) and set up some sort of a timer. Ivan On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Colin Davis <col@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > Not sure if this is possible. I wish to create a rule that once created will > automatically expire (and be removed) after say 10 minutes. > > Please > > Many thanks, > Colin. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html