Re: NFQUEUE verdicts - adding non-termination

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--- On Thu, 11/11/10, Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 11.11.2010 10:01, Andrew Watts wrote:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> The NF_CONTINUE verdict that Darryl Miles brings up in his 11/4
>> post is very interesting. NF_CONTINUE would provide the NFQUEUE
>> target the added flexibility of, say, partial handling in
>> userspace. A queue-handler could have a set of criteria that,
>> when satisfied, would result in an immediate drop or accept. One
>> could then leave the rest of the packets to find their fate in the
>> chains/rules left to traverse. I would be interested in helping
>> to add this verdict if someone will take the lead (assuming a patch
>> hasn't already been written - has it?).

>There's no difference between returning NF_ACCEPT or a new NF_CONTINUE.
>Queueing happens outside of the ruleset context, so in either case the
>packet would continue through the network stack directly, not after
>the NFQUEUE rule.

I see. Is there a way to achieve this result under the current
infrastructure?

~ Andy



      
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