Jozsef Kadlecsik writes:
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Kevin D. White wrote:
>
> > Netfilter is made up of 5 subsystems, Pre-routing,
> > Input, Forward, Output and Post-routing. These
> > subsystems are governed by three tables, nat, magle,
> > filter. The elements of these tables have the
...
> Sorry, but the wording used above is incorrect and misleading.
>
> Netfilter is *not* made of five subsystems and PREROUTING etc are
> definitely not subsystems of netfilter.
Jozsef is correct, of course. In addition, recent kernels have a
fourth table, the "raw" table, with its own PREROUTING and OUTPUT
chains. Joszef is the originator of the raw table but apparently is
too modest to mention it.
> Hooks, built-in chains, subsystems and tables are well covered in the
> howtos and the tutorials. Please read them.
I would second that advice. What Kevin was attempting is already done
well and correctly in the online documentation. Please don't fill the
list archives with unnecessary explanations - especially incorrect
ones.
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Dick St.Peters, stpeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
