From: Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM@comcast.net>
To: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Empty Target
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:15:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gmiqrd$u0s$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <498cb439.20018e0a.3be8.ffffc9e3@mx.google.com>
Gilad Benjamini wrote:
> I am trying to troubleshoot an iptables rule set, trying to understand where
> different packets are going. I have found that using "iptables -L -v" is a
> useful tool, with the counters telling me what's going on.
> To "trigger" counters I currently use LOG rules. I would actually prefer
> some sort of empty rule; a rule that would do nothing beyond increasing the
> counters.
>
> Does something like that exist ?
> Seems trivial to implement.
Extremely trivial, and already there. There is no requirement that a rule
must have a target. Just write the rule without one. I have several such
rules in my ruleset.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-07 2:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-06 22:05 Empty Target Gilad Benjamini
2009-02-07 2:15 ` Robert Nichols [this message]
2009-02-07 7:12 ` Vincent Bernat
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