1 This module matches at a limited rate using a token bucket filter. 2 A rule using this extension will match until this limit is reached 3 (unless the `!' flag is used). It can be used in combination with the 4 .B LOG 5 target to give limited logging, for example. 6 .TP 7 .BI "--limit " "rate" 8 Maximum average matching rate: specified as a number, with an optional 9 `/second', `/minute', `/hour', or `/day' suffix; the default is 10 3/hour. 11 .TP 12 .BI "--limit-burst " "number" 13 Maximum initial number of packets to match: this number gets 14 recharged by one every time the limit specified above is not reached, 15 up to this number; the default is 5. 16
