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From: Frank Gruellich <frank@home.manuelm.org>
Subject: Re: chains in the same table
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 12:50:26 +0200
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* Jee J.Z. <jz105@york.ac.uk>  6. May 04:
> Hi all,

Hello,

> I'm asking a basic question that in the same table (for example, the
> filter table), if a packet hit the INPUT chain while no rules are in
> the INPUT chain and the default policy is ACCEPT, will the packet be
> passed on to the FORWARD chain? If accepted again, be passed on to the
> OUTPUT chain?

No.  Any packets will traverse exactly one of INPUT, OUTPUT or FORWARD,
indepentent of policies.

HTH,
 regards, Frank.
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