From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Mart Frauenlob <mart.frauenlob@chello.at>
Subject: Re: iptables - how to create a rule that expires automatically
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:01:37 +0100
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netfilter-owner@vger.kernel.org wrote:
> 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.
>
Hello,

you did not tell much about your circumstances, but maybe worth taking a 
look at fail2ban:
http://www.fail2ban.org

As it's main goal seems to temporarily lock out certain hosts.

Greets

Mart