On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, rtviado wrote: > I got this in my logs: > > ip_conntrack: maximum limit of 16368 entries exceeded > > what does this mean, I know i can change the limits in > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max, but I want to know what this is for. This means that iptable is tracking more than 16368 parallel connections. Either a very busy box or some spoofed flooding. > P.S. I looked into linux/Documentation but did not find any mention of > this configrable parameter.... see http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/ - seems that the in-kernel documents are not uptodate c'ya sven -- The Internet treats censorship as a routing problem, and routes around it. (John Gilmore on http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/