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From: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>
Subject: Re: Questions on state
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:09:51 -0800
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On Sunday 13 March 2005 17:42, Jason Opperisano wrote:

> > Is a connection ONLY added to the state table when the first packet
> > matches a rule that contains the --state NEW directive, or can it happen
> > in some other way?
>
> connections begin getting added to the conntrack table as soon as the
> ip_conntrack module is loaded.

The ip_conntrack module adds ALL connections to the conntrack table? Even ones 
where the state isn't used by the filter table?

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