Re: Ip handling

[Pascal Italiaander <pc-secure@home.nl>]

Op donderdag 19 juni 2003 06:02, schreef Ramin Dousti:
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:01:21AM +0200, Pascal Italiaander wrote:
> > small errors were in it, fixed:
> >
> >  iptables -I INPUT -p all -m mac --mac-source 10:20:30:40:05:06 -m \
> >  	state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
> >  iptables -I OUTPUT -p all -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>
> Just a performance note. Since a high percentage of the packets are
> ESTABLISHED,RELATED it is recommended to have this rule at the
> beginning of the rule set prior to any other rule and also "-p all"
> is redundant...
>
> Ramin
>
> > Pascal


huhum....  , did you notice the -I insert rule ?

The -I rule means that the rule is placed at the beginning of the chain.  :-)

Pascal