On February 11, 2005 01:45 pm, Jason Opperisano wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 11:47:37AM -0600, Asim Shankar wrote: > > However, if I "ping D" from A and B, then no entry seems to be present > > in ip_conntrack. My understanding based on: > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/iptables/icmpconnections.html is that I > > should see something in ip_conntrack. > > > > Am I missing something? > > yeah--you're just not that fast. a conntrack entry is created when the > ICMP Echo-Request is received and removed when the Echo-Reply goes out. > the total elapsed time that the conntrack entry exists would be in the > very low millisecond range...and i don't think your cat is that fast. > > -j I can assure you Jason, my cat isn't that fast, in fact right now he's horizontal, on his back, purring up a storm... I doubt he'd be able to twitch a whisker in time. Alistair. > > -- > "Silly customer, you cannot hurt a Twinkie!" > --The Simpsons
