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From: Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com>
Subject: Re: Unable to add rule on Chain with 28 characters.
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:11:57 -0400
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On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 04:09:37PM -0400, Jason Opperisano wrote:
> it looks like 29 characters is the max:
> 
>   30 char chain name:
> 
>   # iptables -t nat -N PubABFZhrRJgwChbszxazNssqWKWB
>   # iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -j PubABFZhrRJgwChbszxazNssqWKWB
>   iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
> 
>   29 char chain name:
> 
>   # iptables -t nat -N PubABFZhrRJgwChbszxazNssqWKW
>   # iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -j PubABFZhrRJgwChbszxazNssqWKW
>   #

stupid off-by-one math.  subtract 1 from everything i said...

-j

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