* Where to drop packets ...
@ 2002-11-11 13:46 Ray Leach
2002-11-12 9:08 ` Antony Stone
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From: Ray Leach @ 2002-11-11 13:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter
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Hi
Is it better to drop or reject packets in the mangle-prerouting table or
in the filter-forward chain?
Ray
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* Re: Where to drop packets ...
2002-11-11 13:46 Where to drop packets Ray Leach
@ 2002-11-12 9:08 ` Antony Stone
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From: Antony Stone @ 2002-11-12 9:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter
On Monday 11 November 2002 1:46 pm, Ray Leach wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is it better to drop or reject packets in the mangle-prerouting table or
> in the filter-forward chain?
Filter-forward.
The mangle tables are for mangling packets.
The filter tables are for filtering them.
Drop and reject are filtering actions.
Antony.
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