Re: NAT table bypass for local traffic

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On Wednesday 2010-04-28 19:59, Steve Fink wrote:
>
>From the iptables manpage, in the description of the nat table: "This
>table is consulted when a packet that creates a new connection is
>encountered."
>
>I don't know what mechanism makes related packets in an established
>connection follow the translation actions set up by the initial
>packets. There's a magic sheep bit in there somewhere.

A ct entry with mappings already exists when a related packet shows up, 
so there is no need to do a relookup in the table.
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