of course you can block IP, ports, protocol, and even flags (syn, ack, fin) etcc too via iptables.
-- Best Regs, Masood Ahmad Shah System Administrator ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | Fibre Net (Pvt) Ltd. Lahore, Pakistan | Tel: +92-42-6677024 | Mobile: +92-300-4277367 | http://www.fibre.net.pk | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Awie (Redirected by "Nauman Malik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "squid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 4:09 PM Subject: [squid-users] Connection limiting in Redhat (Redirected by "Nauman Malik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) hello Is it possible to limit tcp connections from one single IP to a certain limit in Redhat Linux. So that connections get blocked at OS level, instead squid has to block undesired sessions. IPTABLES may help?