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From: "Gáspár Lajos" <swifty@freemail.hu>
To: Rob Sterenborg <rob@sterenborg.info>
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: STRING  module : Invalid argument
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:56:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45239360.6060304@freemail.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53842.193.173.147.3.1159955117.squirrel@webmail.sterenborg.info>

Rob Sterenborg írta:
> On Wed, October 4, 2006 10:03, G�sp�r Lajos wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> fw1:~# iptables -v -A INPUT -j DROP -p tcp -m string --string "test"
>> DROP  tcp opt -- in * out *  0.0.0.0/0  -> 0.0.0.0/0  STRING match "test"
>> iptables: Invalid argument
>>
>>     
Does it means that it fails at insertation of the rule into the chain, 
doesn't?

> - You probably don't have the string module installed and/or loaded.
> - Kernel 2.6.18 is rather new (sep-2006) and iptables 1.2.11 is rather old
> (june 2004). Upgrade to a new iptables version: 1.3.6 is just released.
>
>   
I have already tried it with the Debian backport of iptables (v1.3.x) 
... Same results.

Right now I am recompiling the kernel and iptables + pom-ng.
Hope it helps... :)
> Grts,
> Rob
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-04 10:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-04  8:03 STRING module : Invalid argument Gáspár Lajos
2006-10-04  9:45 ` Rob Sterenborg
2006-10-04 10:56   ` Gáspár Lajos [this message]
2006-10-05 10:34     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso

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