Hi, James B. Byrne schrieb: > Is the maximum permitted value for --hitcount documented anywhere? > I reliably get a iptables-restore error when I specify a hitcount > value greater than 20 That is a new "phenomenon" I also ran into. You now have to adjust memory values. I have added to my /etc/modprobe.conf "options ipt_recent ipt_pkt_list_tot=75" Now I can use hitcount values of 50 (did not test if the above is sufficient for higher values). Dirk