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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Jens Koehler <jenskxxx@googlemail.com>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux - nf_conntrack_count = 30684?
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 15:29:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160909132945.GA23757@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL7_A_XQXMFP598iP1nhUqvvmzE7GC5GUXcOoQ_2Y9YvRx8TOw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 10:29:33AM +0200, Jens Koehler wrote:
>  A Linux application reads cyclically data from up to 32 severs by
> Tcp. After disconnecting of many/ all servers another Linux
> application could not send data via the network interface by UDP.
> nf_conntrack_count shows an unexpected high value:
> 
> net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_count = 30684
> 
> What means the number exactly?

This is the number of conntrack entries in the table.

> And what could be reason for so many open connections if no server
> is connected?

Do `conntrack -L' or `cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack' show entries?

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-09 13:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-09  8:29 Linux - nf_conntrack_count = 30684? Jens Koehler
2016-09-09 13:29 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2016-09-14 12:54   ` Jens Koehler
2016-09-14 13:29     ` André Paulsberg-Csibi (IBM Consultant)

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