On Friday 08 January 2010 15:32, James B. Byrne wrote:
:BRUTE_FORCE - [0:0]
. . . -A BRUTE_FORCE -p tcp -m tcp -m state -m recent --set -i eth0 --dport 22 --state NEW -A BRUTE_FORCE -m comment -j RETURN --comment "Return to calling chain" COMMIT
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