From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:37:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:37:28 -0500 Received: from smtp7.xs4all.nl ([194.109.127.133]:27350 "EHLO smtp7.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:37:19 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:34:47 +0000 From: "Roeland Th. Jansen" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: max ip_conntrack entries Message-ID: <20010321193447.A555@grobbebol.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i X-OS: Linux grobbebol 2.4.2-ac20 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org is there a way to dynamically change the limit : kernel: ip_conntrack: maximum limit of 16384 entries exceeded ? grepping in the documentation didn't tell much here. either a newssus scan or a weird ftp server I tried to connect to, caused the table to fill pretty fast and all other connections stopped for a short time. the entries are similar btw in /proc/net/ip_conntrack : tcp 6 425335 ESTABLISHED src=203.45.72.96 dst=203.45.72.96 sport=28480 dport=21 [UNREPLIED] src=203.45.72.96 dst=203.45.72.96 sport=21 dport=28480 use=1 the source and dest are always the same. weird. currently 15443 entries. -- Grobbebol's Home | Don't give in to spammers. -o) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bengel | Use your real e-mail address /\ Linux 2.2.16 SMP 2x466MHz / 256 MB | on Usenet. _\_v