Re: iptables forward policy

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2012/8/25 Juan Diego Tascón <juantascon@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Good day,

Hello :)

> I'm thinking of
> setting the default FORWARD policy to ACCEPT as my default INPUT
> policy is DROP and unless there is a valid FORWARD rule for a given
> port the packets wont go anywhere. I'm I right on this?

You're wrong. Either a packet goes through the INPUT chain or it goes
through the FORWARD chain, depending on its destination. Take a look
at this packet flow diagram:
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/images/f/f0/Iptables.gif

Corrado


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