Unable to add an Iptable rule on MRG realtime kernel.

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Issue

  • Adding below IPtables rule fails with wrong socket type error
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --syn --dport 9120 -m connlimit --connlimit-above 500 -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
iptables: Protocol wrong type for socket
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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 with MRG 2.4
  • kernel-rt-3.10.33-rt32.33.el6rt.x86_64

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