Re: iptables - how to create a rule that expires automatically

[Colin Davis <col@colsmemory.co.uk>]

Thanks Ivan, I was hoping to be able to do this directly using a rule
without writing a script / using cron but looks like that's what I'm going
to have to do.

Colin.


Ivan Petrushev wrote:
> I'm not sure if that can be done with the netfilter itself.
> You could always get a script into crontab to check if the rule is
> matched (iptables ... -L -n -v will show you number of packets matched
> by the rule) and set up some sort of a timer.
>
> Ivan
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Colin Davis <col@colsmemory.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Not sure if this is possible. I wish to create a rule that once created will
>> automatically expire (and be removed) after say 10 minutes.
>>
>> Please
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Colin.
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