What exactly does the limit tag of the action element do?

>> 2. In the *Action *description the very last line says "Also an action >> can be limited using the /limit tag/." What limit tag does the statement >> refer to? > > > The limit tag is described in Log. The thing is that 'limit tag' term is not used in the description of the Log element. Please use the 'limit tag' term in the description of the Log element at least once. For consistency it'll also be a good idea to include that extra option in the description of the Action element, like this: accept | reject [type="reject type"] | drop [limit value="rate/duration"] For me this rises another question. What does it mean to limit, say, an accept action to once a day? Does it mean that only one connection attempt a day will be let through the firewall and all other attempts be dropped? Will they be dropped with a drop action? How about reject action (if once a day) -- will the first connection attempt be rejected with ICMP message and all other attempts be dropped? And for the drop action rate limiting will not change anything then. Please clarify.