short circuit evaluations?

[Valentijn Sessink <valentyn@blub.net>]

Hello list,

Does iptables do short circuit evaluation?

Let me try to explain. I now have:
iptables -A chain -m recent --name evil \
       --seconds 900 --hitcount 15 -j block
iptables -A block -m recent --name block --set

If iptables does short circuit evaluation and it does this reliably 
(i.e. by design/documented/will not change without warning), then I can 
replace this with:

iptables -A chain -m recent --name evil \
       --seconds 900 --hitcount 15 \
       -m recent --name block --set

(Which is much harder to read, so much safer. HHOK ;)

Best regards,

Valentijn