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From: Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Per-conntrack timeout target v3
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:27:15 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071128002715.GA6555@linuxace.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711280033300.4181@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 12:34:31AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Considering TCP only...
> 
> If my firewall allows 'NEW' connections (-m conntrack --ctstate NEW) on
> non-SYN packets, what good will xt_TIMEOUT do? If the ct entry times out,
> a new one will be created once the next packet flows.

Correct - in this case, it will not help at all.  But many rulesets
require (--state NEW) to be --syn, where this would help.

Phil

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-28  0:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-27 19:07 [RFC][PATCH] Per-conntrack timeout target v3 Phil Oester
2007-11-27 23:34 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-28  0:27   ` Phil Oester [this message]
2007-11-28  9:06 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-12-17 21:20   ` Phil Oester
2007-12-17 21:28     ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-17 22:01       ` Phil Oester
2008-01-04 14:23         ` Patrick McHardy
2008-01-04 14:21     ` Patrick McHardy

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