Re: FORWARD Chain Question

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Gene Dellinger wrote:

On a multi-homed machine being used as a firewall, if
a packet is forward'd from one interface to another.
Does the packet enter the in at PRE-ROUTING portion of iptables
chain again for that interface? It may seem obvious but
I just want to make sure I am clear on that aspect of the
chain traversal.

Thanks
Gene D.


Actually yes, the first chain that it hits is the PREROUTING chain of the mangle table.

ref: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html#TRAVERSINGOFTABLES


regards,
Georgi Alexandrov


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