recent module --hitcount problem

[Sudheer Divakaran <sudheer@svw.com>]

Hi,

Is there anything wrong with these commands?.  It seems that the recent 
module (0.3.1) is not considering  the '--hitcount 10' attribute if the 
machine is running for a long time (in the long run).  But when I tested 
these rules from another machine, it worked properly.  But on the live 
server, iptables blocks hosts if they attempted to access the SMTP port 
within 60 seconds for a second time.

$IPT -A SMTP_HAMMER -j LOG --log-level debug
$IPT -A SMTP_HAMMER -m recent --set --name hammer -j DROP

$IPT -A CHECK_SMTP    -m recent     --rcheck --seconds 480 --name hammer 
    -j DROP
$IPT -A CHECK_SMTP    -m recent     --rcheck --seconds 60  --hitcount 
10     -j SMTP_HAMMER
$IPT -A CHECK_SMTP    -m recent     --update                      
           -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A CHECK_SMTP    -m recent     --set                          
          -j ACCEPT


$IPT -A INPUT -i $WAN_IFACE    -p tcp --dport 25 -m state --state NEW  
    -j CHECK_SMTP


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Thanks
Sudheer