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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>
To: Mail List - Netfilter <netfilter@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Place for ipt_ACCOUNT/ipt_NETFLOW
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:18:03 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D4B0D7B.5020703@riverviewtech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D4A6C6A.6000406@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 02/03/11 02:50, Srinivasa T N wrote:
> Is it possible for me to place rules related to accounting after filter
> table in the INPUT chain so that the accounting takes place only on the
> packets I am accepting in my box?

I hope I'm understanding you correctly.

It sounds like you are wanting to do your accounting after you filter 
out most of the chaff / noise / IBR that you don't want.  Correct?

If this is the case, why don't you have your filtering rules DROP / 
REJECT / otherwise discard the packets you don't want and then have a 
follow up rule that ACCEPTS the packet and do your accounting there?

At least if I understand you correctly, filtering packets before they 
hit your accounting rule should do what you are wanting.



Grant. . . .

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-02-03 20:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-03  8:50 Place for ipt_ACCOUNT/ipt_NETFLOW Srinivasa T N
2011-02-03 16:55 ` Bob Miller
2011-02-04  5:25   ` Srinivasa T N
2011-02-03 20:18 ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2011-02-04  5:22   ` Srinivasa T N
2011-02-05  3:38     ` Grant Taylor
2011-02-07  6:54       ` Srinivasa T N
2011-02-07 16:20         ` Grant Taylor

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