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diff --git a/extensions/libxt_connlimit.man b/extensions/libxt_connlimit.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c85d768 --- /dev/null +++ b/extensions/libxt_connlimit.man @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Allows you to restrict the number of parallel connections to a server per +client IP address (or client address block). +.TP +[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-connlimit\-above\fP \fIn\fP +Match if the number of existing connections is (not) above \fIn\fR. +.TP +\fB\-\-connlimit\-mask\fP \fIprefix_length\fP +Group hosts using the prefix length. For IPv4, this must be a number between +(including) 0 and 32. For IPv6, between 0 and 128. +.P +Examples: +.TP +# allow 2 telnet connections per client host +iptables \-A INPUT \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 23 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above 2 \-j REJECT +.TP +# you can also match the other way around: +iptables \-A INPUT \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 23 \-m connlimit ! \-\-connlimit\-above 2 \-j ACCEPT +.TP +# limit the number of parallel HTTP requests to 16 per class C sized \ +network (24 bit netmask) +iptables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 80 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above 16 +\-\-connlimit\-mask 24 \-j REJECT +.TP +# limit the number of parallel HTTP requests to 16 for the link local network +(ipv6) +ip6tables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 80 \-s fe80::/64 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above +16 \-\-connlimit\-mask 64 \-j REJECT |