Hello,

I have well performing iptables in centos 5.2 and 5.3 : -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 1000 -p tcp --dport 25 -j LOG --log-prefix "FW DROP IP Flood: "

Centos 5.5, updated today:

Without -hitcount : iptables accept the line Including -hitcount : iptables brings an error message: Applying iptables firewall rules: iptables-restore: line 47 failed [FAILED] The Line Number is always the number of the COMMIT statement. Not the line number of the statement with the recent module. So I think, iptables is missing something, What?

When I add the line interactive, the result is [root@host sysconfig]# iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 1000 -p tcp --dport 25 -j LOG --log-prefix "FW DROP IP Flood: " iptables: Unknown error 18446744073709551615

The man page describes the parameter: [!] --seconds seconds This option must be used in conjunction with one of --rcheck or --update. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the address is in the list and was seen within the last given number of seconds.

[!] --hitcount hits This option must be used in conjunction with one of --rcheck or --update. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the address is in the list and packets had been received greater than or equal to the given value. This option may be used along with --seconds to create an even nar- rower match requiring a certain number of hits within a specific time frame.

Without -hitcount the rule is worthless.

Suggestions?

Many Thanks Helmut