From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Raghuveer Reddy Subject: is netfilter hook and iptables rule are same Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:47:40 +0530 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: To: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org hi=20 is netfilter hook and the rules added by netfilter are same or not? if they are equivalant what will be order of execution is iptable rule (let say NAT table rule in PRE_ROUTING) or the netfilter hooks (in PRE_ROUTING) ? lets say iptables rule is excecuted first and which says drop the packet and hook function which says allow (if excuted second) what happen to the packet? if we add the hook using the insmod (LKM) , will netfilter framework check for confilts? Anybody please clarify this. Thanks in advance Raghuveer