[CentOS] centos 5.5: iptables: module recent

Thu Jan 27 15:32:57 UTC 2011
Mário Barbosa <mario.barbosa at log.pt>

Hi,

Helmut Drodofsky wrote:
> When I add the line interactive, the result is
> 
> [root at 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

IIRC, you may be hitting a hard limit on the --hitcount value. I was 
bitten by something similar a few months ago and ended up reducing both 
the --hitcount and the --seconds value to achieve roughly the same "math".

HTH,
Mario