libxt_limit.man revision fea74bf74ff524431ce65145f1523584edf99dc9 
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\fB\-\-limit\-burst\fP \fInumber\fP
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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