7 Sep
2001
7 Sep
'01
05:07
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 08:54:06PM +0200, Praise wrote:
I just want to learn how to use iptables. I want to set up my firewall by hand, but I have not very clear what does the --limit directive work. Does it only limit how much packets does match a rule?
I ask this because I plan to use something to limit the bandwidth of some computer in my LAN.
limit only limits the frequency that a packet can match a rule. For example, iptables -A INPUT -m limit --limit 1/min -p icmp -j LOG will only log one ICMP packet per minute. HTH, -v -- Victor R. Cardona 12:03am up 13 days, 6:34, 1 user, load average: 1.04, 1.02, 1.00 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 (i386) 2.4.5-64GB-SMP