* Ming-Ching Tiew <mingching.tiew@xxxxxxxxxxx> 31. May 04: > I am try to figure out what is the meaning of multiple match > like this :- > > iptables ...... -m state --state NEW -m mark --mark 1 > > is it a boolean AND of two conditions Yes. > or is it a boolean OR ? No. > If it is boolean AND, does it mean, > > iptables ..... -m mark --mark 1 -m state --state NEW .... > > this is the same as the first ? Yes. > Similarly I have problem with multiple states comma together, eg :- > > iptables .... -m state --state NEW,INVALID ...... > > Does it mean state NEW --and-- INVALID No. > or NEW --or-- INVALID ? Yes. HTH, regards, Frank. -- Sigmentation fault