iptables

Wed Dec 13 15:55:51 UTC 2006

This is specifying that the rule only applies to SYN packets.  This
would be essentially all packets that you did not request.  If you set a
rule to deny all syn packets it essentially blocks all inbound packets
that you did not request.

Jason 

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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of tamer amr
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:44
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Subject: iptables 

hi 

  i want to know what is the  --syn  option doing in the iptables rule ?

 because i want to know what is the SYN,ACK   packets ?  

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