Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:42:37 -0000 From: Thomas Wolf <tw@wsf.at> To: Ben Bentsen <freebsd@usww.com>, freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel: ipfw: install_state: Too many dynamic rules Message-ID: <20040910224237.e7tduotip7ccgk@.mailhost.wsf.at>
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Ben Bentsen <freebsd@usww.com> schrieb: > Hello group, > > Can any shed a little light on the following error messages. I have > spent a great deal of time looking at what is running at about > 9:30am-9:45am and have found nothing that I can pin to these errors. No > cron jobs are running anywhere even close to the time. TCPdump does not > shed any light either. This machine has only one purpose to pass, count, > limit and deny packets to a network Only SSH and FTP services are > enabled on this machine. What conditions case this message maybe I am > looking in the wrong place. > > INET ---- This Machine --- Catalyst 2820 ------ 14 computer units > > Aug 7 09:41:34 7206 /kernel: ipfw: install_state: Too many dynamic rules > Aug 10 09:41:207206 /kernel: ipfw: install_state: Too many dynamic rules [error messages snipped] [lot of rules without keep-state snipped] > > ipfw -q add 200 check-state > > ipfw -q add 275 count all from any to any keep-state keep-state on a 'count' - rule?? Never seen before. What is the purpose of this rule, besides filling up your dynamic rule table? ;-) Thomas -- Thomas Wolf Wiener Software Fabrik Dubas u. Wolf GMBH 1050 Wien, Mittersteig 4
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