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 Check out this TUTORIAL http://www.zoominternet.net/~lazydog/iptables-tutorial.html#RECENTMATCH -- Regards Robert Linux User #296285 http://counter.li.org