linux-kernel - Can I limit the number of tcp connections ?

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Date:	Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:16:42 +0100
From:	Mark Jackson <mpfj-list@...c.co.uk>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Can I limit the number of tcp connections ?

Is there any way to limit the # tcp connections under Linux ?

I've tried ...

echo 8 > /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn

... but I can still open 10 ssh sessions, as well as a web server.

I know I could run iptables, but I was looking for a much lower level
solution (with a smaller resource footprint).

Any clues ?

Thanks
Mark

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