I know the routing decision has been made.... but I thought there could be a second routing decision... just like OUTPUT (there will be a second routing decision if some properties from the packet were mangled... or natted). On 8/10/05, /dev/rob0 <rob0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [ top-posting fixed ] > On Wednesday 2005-August-10 10:37, Edmundo Carmona wrote: > > On 7/21/05, Edmundo Carmona <eantoranz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > But for the record: for locally generated packets the routing > > > > engine is called after OUTPUT only if source address, destination > > > > address, nfmark field or tos of the skbuff changed. So it's not > > > > called blindly for every packet. > > > Sorry to reply on an old thread.. but I think it's a good point to > > start my next questions. Does the same policy stand on FORWARD? There > > will be another routing decision if source address, destination > > address, nfmark field or tos of the skbuff changed??? > > Of which FORWARD are you asking, filter or mangle? In either case I > think the routing decision has already been made. In neither case > (TTBOMK; I don't know much about mangle) can you change source and > destination IP addresses. Why would there be another routing decision? > -- > mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" > or "not-spam" is in Subject: header > >
