for the ip_conntrack hashsize value,

the rule seem to be 

nf_conntrack_max/4


also, I found this on redhat (about there pass cloud platform)

https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/362174
The OpenShift Deployment Guide recommends the following be added to the 
sysctl.conf file:

net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max = 1048576





----- Mail original ----- 

De: "Dietmar Maurer" <diet...@proxmox.com> 
À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <aderum...@odiso.com> 
Cc: pve-devel@pve.proxmox.com 
Envoyé: Lundi 3 Mars 2014 17:23:25 
Objet: RE: pvefw: using ctmark to associacte connections to VMs 

> > I don't known if we can setup a really high value by default ? 
> 
> no idea, sorry. 
> 
> > Also, it's seem that another option must be tune, 
> > 
> > /etc/modprobe.conf: 
> > 
> > options ip_conntrack hashsize=32768 
> > 
> > 
> > I need to read a little more about it 
> 
> Does that mean that everybody can start a DOS attack by simply 
> open(faking) 64000 tcp connections? 

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4987 

So what can we do to prevent that? 
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