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Subject: Re: [Bridge] Modifying All Packets passing through the bridge!
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To: Fahim Akhter <akhter.fahim@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:16:34 +0500
Fahim Akhter <akhter.fahim@hotmail.com> wrote:

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> P.S according to the little knowledge I have netfilters decide the fate of the packet by looking at the header not the data, but I need the data to decide what to do with the packet.

Netfilter modules can see the whole packet