n dhert wrote:
> I have a line in my shorewall rules file
> Limit:info:SSHBFAttack,3,60     net   $MACHINE   tcp  22
> to counter SSH attacks to the machine $MACHINE (max 3 SSH requests per
> minute from same machine, then one needs to wait a minute for next SSH
> request)
>  
> Now I want to make 1 exception to this limitation for one particular
> machine on the 'net' zone, say 217.218.219.220
> I tried
> Limit:info:SSHBFAttack,3,60     net:!217.218.219.220   tcp    22
> but the result is that 217.218.219.220 is excluded totally from SSH,
> definitely not what I want :-)
>  
> What line(s) must be used to achieve that?

Rather than exclude 217.218.219.220 from the Limit rule, the simplest
thing to do is add this rule BEFORE the Limit rule:

ACCEPT  net:217.218.219.220     $MACHINE        tcp     22

-Tom
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