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From: Marek Kierdelewicz <marek@piasta.pl>
Subject: Re: Q: iptables terminating targets
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:31:36 +0100
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>Does an ACCEPT or DROP target as a _policy_ behave in a
>non-terminating way where in a rule they are terminating?  Or maybe,
>"terminating" only means no more rules in the current built-in chain
>get considered, rather than no more rules in _any_ chain?

DROP target means packet is dropped and no other chains are
traversed. ACCEPT means that no more rules in the current built-in chain
get considered but traversal of next built-in chain occurs.

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Marek Kierdelewicz