libxt_limit.man revision 9b488b992872d4d2b7ebf7897d74d52f4fb59e1c 
1This module matches at a limited rate using a token bucket filter.
2A rule using this extension will match until this limit is reached
3(unless the `!' flag is used).  It can be used in combination with the
4.B LOG
5target to give limited logging, for example.
6.TP
7[\fB!\fP] \fB--limit\fP \fIrate\fP[\fB/second\fP|\fB/minute\fP|\fB/hour\fP|\fB/day\fP]
8Maximum average matching rate: specified as a number, with an optional
9`/second', `/minute', `/hour', or `/day' suffix; the default is
103/hour.
11.TP
12.BI "--limit-burst " "number"
13Maximum initial number of packets to match: this number gets
14recharged by one every time the limit specified above is not reached,
15up to this number; the default is 5.
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