Bug 694218

Summary: iptables TARPIT target use causes error
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Jim Waldram <jwaldram>
Component: iptablesAssignee: Thomas Woerner <twoerner>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Description Jim Waldram 2011-04-06 18:25:25 UTC 
Description of problem:
iptables target TARPIT (-j TARPIT) causes:
iptables: Unknown error 18446744073709551615

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iptables-1.3.5-5.3.el5_4.1
kernel:2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 #1 SMP Mon Feb 21 05:52:39 EST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1./sbin/iptables -v  -A INPUT -j TARPIT
 or
 /sbin/iptables -v  -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport ssh -j TARPIT
2.
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Actual results:
TARPIT  all opt -- in * out *  0.0.0.0/0  -> 0.0.0.0/0
iptables: Unknown error 18446744073709551615

Expected results:
A TARPIT target/chain reference

Additional info:
Comment 1 Thomas Woerner 2013-03-22 12:49:55 UTC 
TARPIT is experimental. Closing as WONTFIX.