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List:       netfilter-devel
Subject:    Re: Doubts in netfilter limit match
From:       Jan Engelhardt <jengelh () medozas ! de>
Date:       2009-10-13 20:25:38
Message-ID: alpine.LSU.2.00.0910132221130.1767 () obet ! zrqbmnf ! qr
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iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -m limit --limit-burst 5

>I want to know how and where the count is stored. Are they checked for
>previous entries using netfilter log?

The count is stored within the private data associated with each
-m limit instance. Actually it's not a count but some bucket fill level 
value. See xt_limit.c for details.
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