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From: "Kian Mohageri" <kian.mohageri@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: problem with PF tables
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Adam Vondersaar <avonders@calarts.edu> wrote:
> I have had a production machine running for 6 months now using PF to
>  block SSH brute force  attacks. What seems to happen now is that the
>  table is not staying open and PF can  not add the IP to block. I am
>  curious if anyone has ran in to such a problem. I am using the
>  expiretable port to clear the tables with a cron job and here is an
>  excerpt from  the pf.conf:
>

What versions of everything?  What is the expiretable line you're
using?  What do you mean not "staying open" etc.