Re: Problems with kernel 2.6.1 and iptables

[Ray Leach <raymondl@knowledgefactory.co.za>]

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On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 12:47, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2004 10:26 am, Ray Leach wrote:
> 
> > The 'filter' table does not exist by default, but the 'FILTER' table
> > does. Is this a user chain than you created?
> 
> I think you're getting confused here about the difference between chains and 
> tables.
> 
Thank you, you are quite correct ...

> Chains are normally named in uppercase; standard ones are INPUT, OUTPUT, 
> PREROUTING, POSTROUTING, FORWARD.   User-defined chains can of course be 
> added.
> 
> Tables are normally named in lowercase; standard ones are filter, nat, mangle.   
> Adding a user-defined table is quite a significant programming task, and not 
> to be assumed in a reasonably standard configuration of netfilter :)
> 
> The 'filter' table should exist in any healthy netfilter install.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antony.
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