From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ditro - BipinDas Subject: Block an IP if there is number of connection within a time limit ?? Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:42:30 +0530 Message-ID: <4681F1BE.6000108@ditro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Dear List, I do have a Exim mail server with IPTABLES and TCP WRAPPER as firewall. Yesterday I had noticed that,there is continuous smpt connection from an IP. I would like to block these IP,if there is more than 10 connection in 30 second. Is this possible using IPTABLES command. If yes,Please guide me. Thanks in Advance --