Hi Lu, I suggest trying to drop invalid packets: iptables -I INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP iptables -I OUTPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP Using with echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tcp_loose and little connection timeout may solve your problem. -- Best regards Anatoly Muliarski -- 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