Re: STRING agrument

[Eric Benton <erbenton@comcast.net>]

Allan Parreno wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Good Day.
>
>Anyone could help me out with this error using the string argument.
>
>[root@ja Desktop]# iptables -o eth0 -A FORWARD -p tcp -m string --string
>"X-Kazaa-Username:" -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
>iptables v1.3.4: STRING match: You must specify `--algo'
>Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>[root@ja Desktop]#
>
>However, if I specify the --algo if have this error
>
>[root@ja Desktop]# iptables -o eth0 -A FORWARD -p tcp -m string --string --algo
>"X-Kazaa-Username:" -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
>Bad argument `X-Kazaa-Username:'
>Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>[root@ja Desktop]#
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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--algo bm

algo needs to a method but you left out the method
in this case the mthod is "bm"
Eric