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From: Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com>
Subject: Re: iptables modification
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 07:42:01 -0700
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On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 06:49:36PM -0600, Ben Alabaster wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to modify my iptables module so that it will store FQDN's in the
> routing tables but I have no clue where to start.  I will give you an
> example of what I'm trying to do to better help explain.

I think you're better off just running a cron every 5 minutes which 
flushes then repopulates the rules.  Trying to hack netfilter so
it does DNS lookups for every rule hit doesn't sound efficient.

Phil