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From: Christoph Anton Mitterer <mail@christoph.anton.mitterer.name>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, pablo@netfilter.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/6] doc: minor improvements the `reject` statement
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 03:38:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251019014000.49891-7-mail@christoph.anton.mitterer.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251019014000.49891-1-mail@christoph.anton.mitterer.name>

Signed-off-by: Christoph Anton Mitterer <mail@christoph.anton.mitterer.name>
---
 doc/statements.txt | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/statements.txt b/doc/statements.txt
index 61a4614d..5d34d03a 100644
--- a/doc/statements.txt
+++ b/doc/statements.txt
@@ -233,10 +233,11 @@ ____
                  *tcp reset*
 ____
 
-A reject statement is used to send back an error packet in response to the
-matched packet otherwise it is equivalent to drop so it is a terminating
-statement, ending rule traversal. This statement is only valid in base chains
-using the *prerouting*, *input*,
+A reject statement tries to send back an error packet in response to the matched
+packet and then interally issues a *drop* verdict.
+It’s thus a terminating statement with all consequences of the latter (see
+<<OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE RULESET>> respectively <<VERDICT STATEMENTS>>).
+This statement is only valid in base chains using the *prerouting*, *input*,
 *forward* or *output* hooks, and user-defined chains which are only called from
 those chains.
 
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-19  2:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-25  0:07 nft manpage/wiki issues and improvement ideas Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-25  7:35 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-09-25 20:37   ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  1:52   ` [PATCH 0/7] doc: miscellaneois improvements Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  1:52     ` [PATCH 1/7] doc: clarify evaluation of chains Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  1:52     ` [PATCH 2/7] doc: fix/improve documentation of verdicts Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-30 10:50       ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-02 14:50         ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-02 15:21           ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-10 23:06             ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  1:52     ` [PATCH 3/7] doc: minor improvements with respect to the term “ruleset” Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  1:52     ` [PATCH 4/7] doc: add overall description of the ruleset evaluation Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-30 11:50       ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-10 23:07         ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  1:52     ` [PATCH 5/7] doc: add some more documentation on bitmasks Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-30 11:51       ` Florian Westphal
2025-09-30 11:53         ` Florian Westphal
2025-09-26  1:52     ` [PATCH 6/7] doc: describe include’s collation order to be that of the C locale Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  1:52     ` [PATCH 7/7] doc: describe how values match sets Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-09-26  2:32   ` nft manpage/wiki issues and improvement ideas Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] doc: miscellaneous improvements Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-11  0:23   ` [PATCH v2 1/7] doc: clarify evaluation of chains Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-15 11:46     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-11  0:23   ` [PATCH v2 2/7] doc: fix/improve documentation of verdicts Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-15 11:42     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-17  2:30       ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-18 13:25         ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-19  0:11           ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-11  0:23   ` [PATCH v2 3/7] doc: minor improvements with respect to the term “ruleset” Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-15 11:51     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-11  0:24   ` [PATCH v2 4/7] doc: add overall description of the ruleset evaluation Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20  9:39     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-20 23:48       ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-11  0:24   ` [PATCH v2 5/7] doc: add some more documentation on bitmasks Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-18 13:32     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-19  1:31       ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-11  0:24   ` [PATCH v2 6/7] doc: describe include’s collation order to be that of the C locale Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-18 13:35     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-18 22:13       ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-11  0:24   ` [PATCH v2 7/7] doc: describe how values match sets Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-18 13:51     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-19  1:50       ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-19  1:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] doc: miscellaneous improvements Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-19  1:38   ` [PATCH v3 1/6] doc: fix/improve documentation of verdicts Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20  9:28     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-20 22:13       ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-19  1:38   ` [PATCH v3 2/6] doc: minor improvements with respect to the term “ruleset” Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20  9:04     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-19  1:38   ` [PATCH v3 3/6] doc: add overall description of the ruleset evaluation Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-19  1:38   ` [PATCH v3 4/6] doc: add more documentation on bitmasks and sets Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20  9:06     ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-20 21:57       ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20 22:18         ` Florian Westphal
2025-10-20 23:51           ` Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-19  1:38   ` [PATCH v3 5/6] doc: describe include’s collation order to be that of the C locale Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-19  1:38   ` Christoph Anton Mitterer [this message]
2025-10-20 23:49 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] doc: miscellaneous improvements Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20 23:49   ` [PATCH v4 1/5] doc: fix/improve documentation of verdicts Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20 23:49   ` [PATCH v4 2/5] doc: add overall description of the ruleset evaluation Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20 23:49   ` [PATCH v4 3/5] doc: add more documentation on bitmasks and sets Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20 23:49   ` [PATCH v4 4/5] doc: describe include’s collation order to be that of the C locale Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-20 23:49   ` [PATCH v4 5/5] doc: minor improvements the `reject` statement Christoph Anton Mitterer
2025-10-22 14:34     ` Florian Westphal

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