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From: gypsy <gypsy@iswest.com>
Subject: Re: Asking again: string match fails to find anything
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:07:44 -0700
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To: Jason Opperisano <Jopperisano@alphanumeric.com>, netfilter <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>

Jason Opperisano wrote:
> 
> is it possible that a rule above your "-m string --string $STRING" is matching the data packets of the connection; i.e, a "-m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT" rule?
> 
> -j
            |
No.  That   V "I" down there says not.
> iptables -I INPUT -m string --string $STRING -j LOG
            ^
            |
Gypsy