RE: connections not expireing, kernel using over 400Megs

["Francois JEANMOUGIN" <Francois.JEANMOUGIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark de Vries :
> Other than the fact that kernel memory useage just keeps growing & growing
> & gowing things are working fine...
> 
> Does anybody hava any ideas on what could be the problem?

There is a (not so) known bug in the ip_conntrack code in 2.6.8+ kernels. It
could be corrected on 2.6.11:
See http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0501.3/2070.html and
related mails in thread.

Because you are using the NAT method, you probably have to look at this
first.

HTH,

François.