From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:30:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:30:25 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([212.227.14.2]:15396 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:30:11 -0500 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ip_conntrack error under 2.4.1-ac18 In-Reply-To: <14992.40178.870916.407096@rhino.thrillseeker.net> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.7-20001104 ("Paradise Regained") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.36 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:30:11 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <14992.40178.870916.407096@rhino.thrillseeker.net> you wrote: > Feb 18 23:05:50 rhino kernel: ip_conntrack: maximum limit of 8184 entries exceed > ed > while running nessus, with 100 simultaneous connections set, against a > company machine. This is the first time I've observed this error. It is not an error, you just used up all entries in the Conenction Track Table. You can increase the number of entries or reduce the number of concurrent Connections. You may also be able to use normal connect() scan methods, AFAIK the timing out of the connections is better with this. Greetings Bernd